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When Using a Rewards Card Will Cost You

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The following guest post is by Kevin Fleming of CreditShout. Rewards credit cards look like a great deal on paper. Who doesn’t want to earn points for purchases? Who doesn’t want to get money back from their credit card? It all sounds good, and for some people, it is. But the truth behind rewards credit… [Read More]

Filed Under: Avoiding Scams, Opinion, Saving Your Money Tagged With: charges, consumerism, credit, credit cards, debt, fees, interest, rewards, rewards cards

What Are Backlinks, and Why Are They Important?

By Kevin

What is a back link?  If you have ever worked on your own blog or website, then you are probably familiar with the term.  However, with all of the buzz around SEO (search engine optimization), back links have taken on a somewhat esoteric and confusing tone. In this post, I want to explore what  back… [Read More]

Filed Under: Avoiding Scams, Miscellaneous Tagged With: authority, back links, blogging, guest post, nofollow, PageRank, reputation, SEO, Yakezie

How I Almost Got Scammed: Lessons Learned from Trouble in “Paradise”

By Kevin

Enjoying Southeast Asia Last winter, me and the girlfriend went on a one month tour of Southeast Asia. It was a fantastic trip, and the countries we visited were very beautiful; we stopped by Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Taiwan. We took in a lot of sights, ate many different types of food, and took in… [Read More]

Filed Under: Avoiding Scams Tagged With: kino, marketing scams, Neuro-linguistic programming, Phuket, salesmen, scams, Thailand, timeshare presentations

How Mutual Funds Rip You Off with Extra Fees and Charges

By Kevin

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:

Filed Under: Avoiding Scams, Growing Your Wealth, Investing, Saving Your Money Tagged With: back-end load, deferred sales, front-end load, index funds, low load, management expense ratio, marketing scams, mutual funds, sales charge

Save More Money with Indexed Funds

By Kevin

Chart of the performance of index funds management expense ratio (MER) versus active funds management expense ratio (MER).

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… [Read More]

Filed Under: Avoiding Scams, Growing Your Wealth, Investing, Saving Your Money Tagged With: active investing, Canada, compound growth, index funds, management expense ratio, marketing scams, mutual funds, passive investing, stocks

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