Calling Home From Another Country – Long Distance Voice Plan Vs. Skype

by Mike Holman

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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LinkStuff – First Hockey School Edition

by Mike Holman

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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RESP Book Giveaway At Boomer & Echo

by Mike Holman

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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Separating Financial Advice Fees From Mutual Fund Fees

by Mike Holman

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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LinkStuff – Short RSS Feeds and Emails Edition

by Mike Holman

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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LinkStuff – Turkey Day Edition

by Mike Holman

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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The Seven Links Of MSB Project

by Mike Holman

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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2011 Stocking Picking Contest – Q3 Update

by Mike Holman

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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LinkStuff – Nice Weather Edition

by Mike Holman

Last weekend I took my kids to the beach at Ashbridges Bay. It was sunny and about 24 degrees Celsius which is pretty amazing for the end of September. The waves were fairly large, which was a lot of fun for the kids and myself. The water wasn’t as warm as it had been during [...]

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