Monday LinkStuff – US Election Roundup

by Mike Holman

The Americans finally concluded their 28 year election campaign and actually had an election!  Yay, it’s over!! A great post from one side of the election:  The Wisdom Journal tells exactly how he feels – although he’s not happy Obama got elected, he’s more than willing to live with it. And from the other side [...]

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Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) Refresher

by Mike Holman

I was talking with my Dad recently about money stuff (he’s a big investment nut as well) and he suggested writing about the TFSA again since it is going to be effective fairly shortly (Jan 1, 2009).  A rather timely and excellent idea so here it is! What is the TFSA? A type of investment [...]

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Does Passive Income Really Exist?

by Mr. Cheap

I love the idea of passive income.  Some magic is performed, and a steady stream of money comes into your life every month.  A Google search on this site with the term “passive income” turns up 55 hits, so its definitely a popular topic.  As much as I think passive investing in index funds is [...]

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CARP Is Full Of CRAP

by Mike Holman

CARP for those of you who don’t know is a Canadian organization of retirees which pushes for various government policy changes on behalf of Canadian retirees.  One of their recent public campaigns has been a call to the Canadian government to reduce or eliminate mandatory withdrawals from RRIF (registered retirement income fund) accounts on the [...]

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How to Have an Adult Conversation

by Mr. Cheap

Some time back Ben Stein, who I think is great for the most part, wrote an article on “How to have a business conversation“.  I’ve had this post bouncing around in my head for a while and after a weekend where I got rammed from *behind* by a woman with a stroller (who then muttered [...]

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Four Pillars Sold!

by Mike Holman

Yes, it’s true – the ownership of www.moneysmartsblog.com will be transferring from a joint partnership of Mike & Mr. Cheap to just Mike effective the moment you read this!  Rest assured however that you won’t be subjected to just my writings since Mr. Cheap has graciously offered to keep writing for a small stipend payable [...]

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Tenants over Dividends

by Mr. Cheap

Pros and cons of real estate investing vs. investing in dividend stocks

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LinkStuff Halloween Edition

by Mike Holman

Squawkfox has some great ideas for Halloween costumes for both kids and adults.  Some great photos as usual. Money Ning has some advice for hanging on in the bear market. My Two Dollars has decided to hold back on his opinions (and he has a lot so this will be hard) because of too many [...]

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Wacky Business Idea #14: Barcode.com

by Mr. Cheap

Of all the business ideas that I’ve had bouncing around in my head, I think this is the #2 best idea (I’ll either finish this series with my best idea or keep it for myself. I don’t think this is the most popular “theme” we post on, so I’ll probably end it after the 20 [...]

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