Investing and Personal Finance
Happy Halloween in advance! Pushups update I had a question about the pushup challenge recently, so I thought it was time for an update. I’m still doing them faithfully twice a week, however I’m not making much progress in terms of the numbers. I’m doing sets of 10,13,10,10 and around 30 for the final set. [...]
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This post is long and a bit technical. To make things easier, I’m going to start off with the conclusion for the people who don’t read the entire post. Summary If you are traveling to another country and are planning to phone home on a smart phone using Skype in combination with a data roaming [...]
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Last weekend, my son started his first hockey school. It’s basically a learn-to-skate with a bit of hockey thrown in. He seemed to like it and more importantly, I loved it! It was quite exciting to see him skating around in hockey equipment and I knew a couple of the other hockey dads which made [...]
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It was recently announced that anyone receiving Social Security or SSI payments will get a 3.6% raise in 2012. The big question everyone wants to know is exactly how much extra money they will be receiving next year? This article will show you how to calculate your Social Security raise as well as calculate the [...]
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Great news for anyone receiving Social Security (SS) checks or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). You will be getting a 3.6% cost of living adjustment starting in January of 2012. Considering the average Social Security check is $1,082 per month, the average raise will be about $39 per month. Admittedly, this increase will not likely change [...]
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Just wanted to let everyone know about an interview with me that is published over at Boomer & Echo. There is also a book giveaway, so if you want a chance at a free RESP book – head on over to enter. Thanks a lot to Robb for doing the interview.
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Rob Carrick recently wrote an article called Let’s stop hiding the cost of mutual fund fee in which he suggests that unbundling advisor commissions from mutual fund fees will allow investors to understand how much money they are paying for financial advice. This is a good idea and is in the works for England and [...]
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I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I don’t think the weather can get any better than that. We were in Northern Ontario and I took my kids swimming at the beach. If you read this blog through an RSS reader or via email, you’ll notice that you have to click through to the site to read the [...]
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A Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians out there! If you don’t feel like reading any money articles – check out Funny food turkeys, which is a post my wife did a couple of years ago. Last weekend I went to Chicago for the first annual Financial Blogger Convention. I can’t begin to tell you [...]
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Mark from the Blunt Bean Counter challenged me to do the seven links project thing. Basically I have to pick the seven best posts on this blog in various categories. This is surprisingly hard, especially when you can’t remember half the posts you have written. Most beautiful post Dream Wedding – There aren’t many things [...]
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Here are the results of the 2011 stock picking contest after three quarters. No time for discussion, I just got in the door from Chicago and I’m then on my way out the door to go play hockey. Ta ta! Rank Site YTD Return (%) 1 DividendGrowthInvestor 3.39% 2 IntelligentSpeculator 3.19% 3 MillionDollarJourney -5.98% 4 [...]
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