Will I Have to Eat My Words?
#Investing #Financial LiteracyEarlier this week, I stood in front of a microphone and boomed this out to a large audience: “You will not find an independent study anywhere,…
Lazy Investing is Great - But Don’t Be Too Lazy!
#Andrew's Money #InvestingUnlike most people’s brokerage accounts, mine doesn’t reinvest dividends or interest automatically into new shares of the indexes I own. I wish it did.…
The Quest for Alpha by Larry Swedroe - a Book Review
#InvestingWhen Larry Swedroe’s newly released 163 page personal finance book, The Quest for Alpha [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470926546/ref=as_li_tl?…
Where did my money go?
#Investing #MindsetMost of my friends think that I’ve lost my mind. Two days ago, I sold $700,000 worth of individual stocks that I stockpiled lovingly,…
Why Canadians Might Actually Say “No” To Vanguard
#Financial Literacy #InvestingCanadians, it seems, would swarm around a newly proposed Vanguard investment option like a batch of northern Ontario mosquitoes to an open arm. And why not?…
Singapore American Club Investment Losses—True or False?
#Financial Literacy #InvestingCharlie Munger has been Warren Buffett’s right hand man for more than 30 years. And he’d have a predictable response if someone from the…
03-10-10 - Harry's Index Funds Make Actively Managed Mutual Funds Look Silly
#InvestingI feel sorry for the portfolio managers at the Big 5 Canadian banks. Sure their gargantuan salaries make my salary look like a babysitter’s annual…
Do You Want to Beat the Market?
#Financial Literacy #InvestingWhen I mentioned casually to another blogger that I had beaten the market over the past 10 years, he replied (with a great deal of wisdom,…
Wayne Rooney's Kin and Singapore Airlines
#InvestingBeauty is always in the eye of the beholder… …so bear with me if you don’t agree that Wayne Rooney [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
I Just Found $35,000 - So What Did I Do With It?
#Andrew's Money #InvestingEarlier this summer I found $35,000. It was in a brown envelope, in a ditch, about a mile from my parent’s place. OK, I…