It was only last year that I wrote a post about the Canadian dollar hitting parity, something that was quite a feat considering that it was digging around 60-70 cents back in the early 2000s. Parity is exciting to Canadians, because it makes us feel that our dollar has real purchasing power, and at the [...]
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34 Comments Kevin on Apr 12th 2011
Filed under Growing Your Wealth,Guest Posts,Investing,Market Analysis
Retirement Portfolios for Those Drawing an Income
The following is a guest post by Mathieu Bouville. Drawing an income changes everything The usual viewpoint of investment advice is that of someone twenty or thirty years away from retirement who wants to accumulate a capital for retirement. Here I instead focus on somebody who is retired and wants an income. This case is [...]
18 Comments Guest on Mar 31st 2011
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Investing: Four Misconceptions on Risk
The following is a guest post by Mathieu Bouville. Misconception #1: Risk is measured by volatility Risk is a fuzzy concept. It is often equated with volatility, i.e. the tendency of the value of an investment to swing wildly: going from gains to losses and back again. But this cannot be a satisfactory definition: if [...]
26 Comments Guest on Mar 9th 2011
Filed under Energy,Growing Your Wealth,Guest Posts,Investing,Market Analysis
Investing in Oil: The New Alberta Bakken Play
This is a guest post by my good friend Mich from BeatingTheIndex.com. He believes that oil consumption is on the path of growth for the next decade and he intends to take every advantage possible of it. The North American oil industry has been rejuvenated following the adoption of new drilling and completion techniques. It became [...]
18 Comments Guest on Feb 11th 2011
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3 Reasons to Add Dividend Stocks to Your Portfolio
The following is a guest post by Al Ramsay of Dividend Stocks Online. If you’re wondering where to invest, the stock market is offering many compelling reasons to consider dividend stocks. 25 years ago, dividend investing was considered a fundamental part of every investor’s portfolio. Investors received a portion of a corporation’s profit as a [...]
7 Comments Guest on Feb 9th 2011
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South Africa’s Emerging Economy and the South African Rand
The following is a guest post by forextraders.com. A country rich in natural resources and one of the world economy’s most important emerging regions is the Republic of South Africa, usually called South Africa. South Africa is located at the southern tip of the African continent, and it features over 1,700 miles of coastline on [...]
14 Comments Guest on Jan 30th 2011
Filed under Market Analysis,Miscellaneous,Opinion,Real Estate,Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading: Canadian Housing Bubble Edition
The talk about housing prices and bubbles never ceases. I’ve been doing some thinking on this topic, myself; I don’t quite see the Canadian housing market as being in a bubble, myself, due to our recourse loans encouraging people to stick it out rather than default, and the fact that stricter lender requirements should mean [...]
24 Comments Kevin on Aug 27th 2010
The winds of the wolf’s breath are coming back to haunt us, again. Amid the talk of deflation and of falling house sales, gold has found its way to the $1240s, and silver is in the $19s. It’s been two years since the crisis blew up, and people are still unemployed and still in debt. [...]
20 Comments Kevin on Aug 26th 2010
