Canadian Capitalist

Jonathan Chevreau explains in his column that while it is important to save a little for tomorrow, it is also important to live a little today.
Some stock market pundits are forecasting that the TSX will return about 8% in 2007, closing above the 14,000 level. To see just how silly such forecasting is, hardly anyone [...]

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I have (almost) finished the redesign of the website and hope that you like it. I would love to hear your feedback in the comments.

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Intuit Canada, maker of the best-selling QuickTax software package, has stopped offering TaxWiz for download. Instead, for a limited time until January 17, 2007, Intuit is offering QuickTax Standard for download for $29.99, which is $10 less than the sticker price. Also, if you are a regular user of Norton AntiVirus software (retail price $49.99), [...]

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I hope all of you and your families have a merry Christmas and the best of times during the holiday season.
Regular programming resumes on 27th December 2006.

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There is much to be said for simplicity in investing. Tom Bradley writes in his Steady Hand blog that investors should stick to the basics and avoid most new-fangled financial products.
Larry MacDonald reminds us in his Investment Ideas blog that t’is the season for rebalancing your portfolio. While you are at it, don’t forget that [...]

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I am planning on refreshing the look of the blog over the Christmas and New Year holidays. I am hoping to maintain the two-column format: the left column would be devoted exclusively to blog posts without any advertising. The right column would be split into two columns to make better use of the screen real [...]

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I’ve been of the opinion that paying off the house is a big step towards retirement but many Canadians seem to think that it is the only step according to a recent survey. The survey, sponsored by RBC, found that while 12% of retirees are actually using their home as a source of retirement income, [...]

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We have held investing and self-directed RRSP accounts with RBC Direct Investing for more than 5 years now but the time has come to move our accounts to another broker. I short listed just two brokerages: E*Trade (low commissions) and TD Waterhouse (wash trades, TD eFunds).
I have some experience with both discount brokers as we [...]

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Canadian Banks & Insurance covers analyst reports, articles, company and industry information on the Canadian financial sector. An example of a recent post was excerpts from Merrill Lynch report on the banks. (RSS Feed)
Canadian Money Advisor wants to address “a shortage of good quality information and advice on the internet about the Canadian financial industry” [...]

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Derek DeCloet writes about a mechanical strategy of investing in the banks that could be called the dogs of the banks. The strategy, which involves investing in the big five bank that has the worst return in the past two years, would have returned 20.5% over the past twenty years. The current dog would be [...]

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