Canadian Capitalist

In my last post, I wrote about Pat McKeough’s newsletter called The Successful Investor. Pat’s long-term, market-beating returns are commended in this MarketWatch.com article. The newsletter is available at our local library and I read it regularly.

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Our local library has a subscription to The Investment Reporter, an investment advisory newsletter. The newsletter covers Canadian equities, US equities, income trusts etc, with an emphasis for large-cap equities. MarketWatch.com praises The Investment Reporter, calling it “A quiet Canadian conqueror”, for being among the top-performing investment newsletters over a 20-year period.
Pat McKeough, the original [...]

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Canadian Capitalist welcomed its 1000th visitor today in the 60+ days I’ve been tracking hits. I am thrilled! I’d like to express my sincere thanks to all my visitors and a big thank-you to readers, who support this site by clicking on the ads. I would also like to thank all my fellow personal-finance bloggers [...]

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As widely reported, the 2005 Federal Budget presented today, contains modest tax-cuts and other proposals that impact the personal finances of a large number of Canadians:

The basic personal amount, below which no federal income taxes are paid, will be increased to $10,000 in 2009 ($8,012 in 2004). The spousal amount will increase to $8,500 ($6,803 [...]

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Finance Minister Ralph Goodale will present the minority government’s budget today. The Globe and Mail reports that the budget will include modest tax cuts and funding for day-care, cities, the military and the environment. The report claims that the tax-cuts will exempt 800,000 more Canadians from paying taxes. For most Canadians though, the tax-cuts will [...]

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Yahoo! Finance has published a special edition called The Joy of Frugal Living. In the lead article, a retiree describes her experience of going from a high-octane lifestyle to living frugally. She confides that though she misses the thrill of a big-ticket purchase, she is much happier now.Also, check out the cost-cutting tips from [...]

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Toronto Star reports (bypass registration here) that the ongoing price war among discount brokerages in the U.S. won’t migrate to Canada anytime soon. The lame excuse the brokerages offer is they offer “a broader package of price, product and service”. Don’t believe a word of it. The real reason is very simple: more competition [...]

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While I am a big fan of indexing and asset allocation, I do invest in stocks. I consider myself a long-term investor and I am mostly invested in large-cap, slow-growth, value-oriented stocks. I conduct most of my research through ValueLine, S&P reports provided by Ameritrade Canada and the web sites of the companies themselves.The ValueLine [...]

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Two of my favourite market strategists have published their latest columns: Donald Luskin writes in SmartMoney.com that he thinks Apple Computer (AAPL) is overvalued. Ken Fisher explains in his latest Forbes magazine column, why he thinks the markets will rise as much as 25% this year.

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CBC News has an in-depth report on retirement for Canadians. The report discusses everything in detail: how much money we need in retirement, how much the government contributes through the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), pension plans at work (for those lucky enough to have them), saving [...]

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