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May 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

  1. Jason Zweig stresses the importance of asset and time diversification when U.S. equity returns are puny as they are now.
  2. Tips to redeem airline rewards for free flights from the Globe and Mail. One sample tip: book 354 days in advance!
  3. Tim Cestnick on ways to pass the cottage on to the kids.
  4. Jon Chevreau reviewed the movie Maxed Out and pointed out the synonyms of frugality (check out the definition of thrift).
  5. Nine frugal ways to snag children’s books, courtesy of Mike from Four Pillars.
  6. Michael James on why combining your mortgage with other accounts could be a devastating financial mistake. Million Dollar Journey also pointed out the high cost of Manulife One account.
  7. Larry MacDonald harkens back to the Victorian era and takes a look at the personal finances of Benjamin Disraeli.
  8. The Dividend Guy on the top 5 ways to lose money in stocks.
  9. Canadian Financial Stuff on why his shredder is his financial friend.
  10. Preet shows how to calculate the standard deviation of your portfolio.

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5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Four Pillars // May 22, 2008 at 11:39 pm

    Damn - your title for my post is a lot better than mine. Great use of the word “snag”…

    Funny article on redeeming rewards points - that’s why I gave up my Aerogold Visa points card - it’s just not worth it.

    Mike

  • 2 Big Cajun Man // May 23, 2008 at 6:15 am

    Thanks for the link, have a great weekend!
    –c8j

  • 3 Michael James // May 23, 2008 at 8:16 am

    Thanks for the link, CC. Enjoy your weekend.

  • 4 Canadian Capitalist // May 23, 2008 at 10:55 am

    Mike: I’m thinking of redeeming all my points and be done with rewards. Cold, hard cash works best for me :)

    Have a great weekend everyone!

  • 5 Million Dollar Journey // May 23, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    Thanks for the mention CC. I always knew that the M1 mortgage was more expensive, but until I had that table shown to me, I had no idea it was that the premium was so great.

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