Invest It Wisely is featured this week! I would like to give a big thank you to Larry MacDonald for featuring Invest It Wisely in the “Me and My Money” section of the Globe & Mail. Thanks for giving me the opportunity and for doing a great job with the interview! For those of you [...]
Archive for the tag 'mutual funds'
9 Comments Kevin on Aug 8th 2010
Filed under Avoiding Scams,Growing Your Wealth,Investing,Saving Your Money
How Mutual Funds Rip You Off with Extra Fees and Charges
In my last post, I showed how index funds allow you to save more money by losing less of your investment returns to management fees. Here is what different management expense ratio (MER) levels will cost you on an initial $10,000 investment at 10% growth compounded annually:
30 Comments Kevin on Aug 6th 2010
Filed under Avoiding Scams,Growing Your Wealth,Investing,Saving Your Money
Save More Money with Indexed Funds
In my short investment journey, I have read books, articles, and blog posts about the merits of index funds. “Invest in index funds”, they say, “and stop wasting your money on management fees!” Are the authors really telling the truth? Passive investing The idea behind an index fund is simple enough: all it does is [...]
46 Comments Kevin on Aug 3rd 2010
What is fear? Why do we experience fear, and how does it affect us? Well, fear is quite simply one of the most basic and primal emotions that we are capable of experiencing. Most animals share this emotion with us, from mice to men. Fear is the drive that takes us away from danger, and [...]
25 Comments Kevin on Jun 30th 2010
Filed under Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading, at 300 km/h
Here is your weekend reading:
10 Comments Kevin on Jun 13th 2010
