Investing and Personal Finance
Thanks for all the tulip-saving suggestions from last week. We are in the process of buying blood meal, garlic, a gun, a coyote, a dog, several hens, lots of beer and a couple of redneck armed guards. On with the links The Dividend Guy is going to use dividend investing in an RESP. Barrie McKenna from [...]
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RESP book review I was interviewed a while back by Kate McCaffery who wrote up a nice review of my RESP book over at Wallet Pop Canada. Here is the review – The RESP Book (A Review). Tulips One of my favourite things about spring is the tulips and other spring bulbs that bloom. In [...]
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I’m honoured to be nominated for the Globe & Mail’s annual Best of blogs competition. Go on over and check it out. Much thanks to Dianne Nice from the Globe & Mail for nominating me. Unfortunately, I’m not sure how valid the blog competition results will be – most online polls use IP addresses (physical [...]
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I’m going to apologize in advance for the slew of RESP posts that I’m planning to unleash on the blog. I’ve been working on the 2nd edition of The RESP Book and what started as fixing up a few typos ended up being a bit of a rewrite with a lot of new material. Fear [...]
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I’m looking forward to the big Easter egg hunt that we will have at our house. Last year, the kids really enjoyed it and it went on for hours. My son really enjoyed hiding eggs and then leading me around telling me where to find them. My pushup challenge is still going. I finished week [...]
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Spring is finally here and it’s so much easier to do activities outside with the kids. Mitts, hats, scarves, heavy coats, winter boots can all go into storage. Of course my daughter still insists on a hat and gloves, but I think it’s more of a fashion thing. On with the links Rob Carrick did a [...]
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I want to point out that one of my blogger colleagues has just released a new book called “Free at 45“. Written by Tim Stobbs at Canadian Dream , the book shows how you can retire at 45, or at least a lot sooner than you might think. I haven’t read it myself, but I’m [...]
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I was fortunate to be a guest on the CBC radio program “Ontario Today” this week. I was a stressed-out, nervous wreck for a couple of days beforehand, but I managed to get through it without sounding like a complete moron. Here is the link to the show if you wish to listen. The show [...]
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I started the 100 pushups challenge this week. It’s a neat exercise program that only takes about 30 minutes per week and promises to have you doing 100 pushups in six weeks. Having done the first two sessions, I think six weeks is too optimistic. Eight to ten weeks is more like it. They have [...]
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I just finished booking a hotel room in downtown Toronto using Priceline.com. I was curious about how Priceline worked and how much money it would save. Unfortunately, I made a mistake when I entering the bids and ended up with an extra hotel room which cost me $116. Oops! Oh well – I’ll be posting [...]
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Ok, it’s official – I’m tired of winter and can’t wait for Spring and Summer. On with the links Beating the Index had a great analysis of oil in the Middle East and Canadian oil producers. The Globe & Mail wrote about helping people with agricultural, rather than just giving them food. Dianne Nice from [...]
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The good people at Intuit sent me a copy of Quicken Home & Business as well as Quicken Cash Manager, both of which I’m going to give away. I gave the Home & Business a test run and was quite impressed. It’s a really good money management software program. I didn’t try out the Cash [...]
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TurboTax winner The winner of the big TurboTax draw was none other than the fabulous Amy! Congrats Amy – May your tax return be very large this year (even if that is an indicator of poor financial management). On with the links Canadian Mortgage Trends puts the number of mortgages in arrears into a proper [...]
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My daughter is almost three and likes to repeat pretty much everything she hears. Recently she was watching a dinosaur show where they mentioned “predators in the forest”. Now she keeps warning us of the “creditors in the forest and other meat-eaters too”. Ok, maybe you had to be there. On with the links [...]
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The good people at TurboTax Canada (formerly QuickTax) have offered to give away a copy of their tax software to one lucky reader of this blog. This contest is closed! I’ve used TurboTax and it is very good. You can do the “interview” mode where the software asks you a pile of questions and will [...]
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Weight is holding steady at 180.5 pounds this morning. I’m still dieting, but I’ve decided not to be so hard-core. I lost about 10-11 pounds in about 5 weeks. While my methods were effective, they also made life quite miserable for a while. My fave articles of the week Reader Mark has a blog where [...]
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I was notified recently by Questrade discount brokerage that they were making a number of improvements to their website and service, effective today (Feb 7, 2011). The biggest improvement is that you can now see your balances, positions and transactions in the MyQuestrade.com screen. Previously you had to log into the Penson site to see [...]
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The diet continues (sort of). I fell off the wagon last weekend. Actually, it was more like diving off the wagon head first. My “no beer” diet rules stated that I had to weigh in at less than 180 pounds for two days in a row before I could have any beer. In fact I [...]
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Another week – another couple of pounds. I’m getting very close to breaking my target threshold weight of 180 pounds. Soon…very soon, I will be drinking beer again. I bought a new PC this week – it’s incredible how cheap they are now. Love it! On with the links Financial Uproar had a good post [...]
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Last week I mentioned my “no beer” diet. Suffice to say that it is going very well, although I’m certainly not enjoying myself. I used to love having a couple of beers, a big snack (ie another meal) while watching tv. Now I can’t do that. You just don’t appreciate the things that truly matter [...]
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