2011 Stock Picking Contest Results

by Mike Holman

At the beginning of the year I entered into a stock picking contest with some other bloggers, as I do every year. Once again I decided to short gold which didn’t work out all that well, although it was better than last year. Here are the results: Rank Site YTD Return (%) 1 Dividend Growth [...]

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LinkStuff – Happy Holidays Edition

by Mike Holman

I would like to wish all you readers a Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Festivus or anything else you want to celebrate in the next little while. I’m looking forward to having a bit of time off during which we’ll be visiting family and hopefully getting the little ones out skating. I’ll resume posting at some point [...]

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LinkStuff – I Am Debt Free Edition

by Mike Holman

After roughly 12 years of being a home owner, we made our last mortgage payment ever which means that we are now debt free!  I don’t think our lives will change all that much as we still have some savings goals to deal with – RRSP, TFSA etc which should suck up some cash. Regardless, [...]

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Canadian Tire MasterCard Rewards Card – A Strange Duck

by Mike Holman

Michael L has had a Canadian Tire Mastercard for some time.  He was under the impression that it paid out one percent in rewards for non-Canadian Tire purchases.  After doing some analysis on his Canadian Tire credit card statement, he concludes that his actual rewards are only about 0.86%. Read Michael’s analysis of the CT [...]

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LinkStuff – Winter Is Coming Edition

by Mike Holman

It’s getting a lot colder these days – I know because I’m still riding my bike to work and I can feel it! As much as I like commuting on the bike, by this time of year I’m not too disappointed when I have to stop because of snow or ice. Anyone out there into [...]

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PC Financial PC Points At Loblaws – Worth It For Rewards Alone?

by Mike Holman

Most people who are interested in personal finance tend to be better at some areas than others. In my case, I love reading about investing strategies, which include rebalancing methods – but I will often not bother rebalancing my own accounts for years at a time, which sometimes can be a drag on performance. On [...]

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LinkStuff – 2nd Edition of RESP Book Edition

by Mike Holman

Yesterday, I announced the 2nd edition of my book which took me forever to get done. Please pass it on to anyone you know. As noted in the article, there is an affiliate program so if you can sell the book – money will transfer from my wallet to yours! On with the links Jim [...]

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The RESP Book 2nd Edition Is Out!

by Mike Holman

After (what seems like) years of talking about it, the 2nd edition of The RESP Book is finally available. I’ve added a couple of chapters, fixed a few typos, updated a few things and even fixed a couple of errors. Before you start taking out your chequebooks, I should warn you that although there is [...]

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