I’ve written and seen plenty of résumés, so these tips in MarketWatch.com piqued my interest. Have you ever noticed that résumés are a bit like spring fashion? Some things are trendy at certain times and not so hot in others. Here are my top five tips:
Make the résumé readable. At least a 12 point font [...]
Tags: Career
A friend recently asked me about investing in India, after hearing news stories about its booming economy. I suggested to her that her first task should be devising an asset allocation plan and investing a portion of her portfolio in emerging markets (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF is an excellent choice) and not assume any [...]
Tags: Investing
I found the RedFlagDeals.com website while surfing the web. It is filled with coupons, flyers, online and in-store deals applicable in Canada. They also have fairly detailed articles comparing high-interest savings accounts (e.g. ING Direct vs. Amex Bank) and no-fee credit card reward programs (e.g. American Express Air Miles vs. Canadian Tire Options MasterCard). It [...]
Tags: Consumer
The Globe and Mail newspaper has two stories today on Alberta’s oil sands available here and here. Oil sands are deposits in which thick viscous oil called bitumen is mixed with sand. Alberta has huge oil sand deposits that some estimate to contain the largest oil reserves in the world. Various technologies are used to [...]
Tags: Investing
The weekend edition of The Wall Street Journal has interesting articles on personal finance topics. Columnist Jonathan Clements outlines the steps to build a better portfolio, Paul B. Farrell praises the virtues of lazy portfolios like the sleepy portfolio and another article warns against keeping too much money in employer stock. It is all excellent [...]
Tags: Miscellaneous
As a consumer, there are very few things I hate about big electronics retailers than mail-in rebates. In this week’s flyer, a particularly bad page had mail-in rebates for 14 items out of 17! A popular tax software is listed at $31.99 and offers a $5 mail-in rebate. Who are they kidding? It is an [...]
Tags: Consumer
The Sleepy Portfolio had a really sleepy quarter, advancing just 0.7%. Income of $440.28 or 0.4% from dividends and interest accounted for bulk of the gains. The TSX on the other hand posted an impressive 3.96% gain paced by the strength in the energy and mining sectors. The S&P 500 lost -2.59% during the quarter.
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Tags: Investing · Sleepy Portfolio
