Investing and Personal Finance
Happy Halloween in advance! In case you missed it, the Globe and Mail published the first chapter of my book. Have I mentioned that I wrote a book? I also unveiled the monster Canadian discount brokerage comparison earlier this week. I swear I could have written another book in the time it took me to [...]
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Yes, it’s true – the Globe and Mail thought highly enough of my RESP book to publish an excerpt which ended up being the entire first chapter. Needless to say, I was quite flattered and hope that some of you go and read it. I’ll be doing an interview tomorrow with one of the Globe [...]
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Canadian Online Discount Stock Brokerage Comparison This comparison is intended to show in one place, all the important information that someone who is looking for a discount brokerage would want to know – trading commissions, account fees etc. There are also links to more detailed individual brokerage reviews. Of course, all this information is available [...]
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Another week and another great review of my book. I’m really happy about how extremely positive all the book reviews are thus far. When bloggers review other blogger’s books – it’s a bit like stock analysts and their buy and sell ratings. You will probably never see a bad review, but if the blogger doesn’t [...]
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I love the fall. Last weekend we went to a pumpkin farm and watched pumpkins being shot out of a cannon. It doesn’t get much better than that. Next week, I’ll be unveiling a post which I’ve been working on for a few months – stay tuned. Have a great weekend everyone! On with links [...]
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A couple more book reviews this week – both sites are hosting book giveaways as well, go on over and enter to win. Grocery Alerts wrote an extremely flattering review of the book. Check out the review here. Michael James on Money wrote a great review. His giveaway is ending soon. If you are holding [...]
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One common complaint when it comes to mutual fund fees, is a general hatred for DSC (Deferred Sales Charge) load mutual funds. While I understand that nobody likes paying fees, I also think that this fund load is misunderstood and can be beneficial for smaller investors who invest through an advisor. What are DSC fees [...]
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I’ve got two exciting RESP book announcements today. Is anyone getting tired of hearing about book announcements? Good, me neither! MoneySense interview First up – I was interviewed a while back by Dan Bortolotti, who runs the Canadian Couch Potato blog. Dan also writes for MoneySense magazine and interviewed me for an article he wrote [...]
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I had the pleasure of reading another review of The RESP Book over at the Landlord Rescue Blog. The review was very positive and quite hilarious. You can also see a cute picture of her son. Rachelle had this to say: It’s like a breath of fresh air for information starved people looking for an [...]
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I would like to draw your attention to the very first reviews of my book – The RESP Book. I’ve been busy sending out review copies to bloggers all across the land, so it’s nice to see that they are starting to be delivered. Review #1 Larry MacDonald of Canadian Business wrote a review which [...]
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Lots of posts on MSB this week – I thought maybe instead of one good post, I would publish three average ones instead. I ordered quite a few review copies of The RESP Book, and after a couple of weeks of deliberations, Amazon has finally shipped them. I’m hoping this means you will see a [...]
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This week, we are taking a look at Scotia i-Trade discount brokerage. This brokerage, is of course owned by Scotia Bank, one of the big five Canadian banks. Scotia started iTrade and then bought E-trade and amalgamated it into the iTrade brokerage. Trade Freedom brokerage has also been purchased and will be merged into iTrade [...]
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I recently had the opportunity to read a review copy of Your Money: The Missing Manual book review by JD Roth. JD Roth is the blogger behind Get Rich Slowly which in my opinion, is the best American personal finance blog. He is a very personable writer and unlike some of his competitors, is quite [...]
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I recently heard about Optimize.ca from one of Rob Carrick’s newsletters. The service launched earlier this month and promises to help Canadians save money on their investments, savings accounts and credit cards. All this and it doesn’t charge any fees. They will make money from online advertisers and presumably the recommended brokers that appear if [...]
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I hosted a book giveaway of Pensionize Your Nest Egg by Moshe Milevsky and Alexandra Macqueen this week. And the winner is…. #6 – Myke. Congratulations! Here are my favourite links from the week Thinking of starting a business? Make sure it’s not a coffee shop. Theresa is a real estate agent who makes videos [...]
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First off – I’m proud to say that Rob Carrick of the Globe and Mail mentioned my RESP book in his newsletter today – thanks a lot Rob! Pensionize Your Next Egg Earlier today, I reviewed the very good retirement planning book, Pensionize Your Nest Egg. One of the authors – Alexandra Macqueen was kind [...]
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I don’t read a lot of personal finance books. At one time, I did, but eventually it seemed like I had read them all before. There are only so many ways to save money and perfect your asset allocation. When I heard about Pensionize Your Nest Egg, I got excited about a financial book for [...]
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I wanted to draw your attention to an interview I did with Kevin Press of the Today’s Economy Blog about my recently released book The RESP Book. I had the pleasure of a phone interview with Kevin a couple of weeks ago – we talked about quite a few things so go on over and [...]
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