It is already December and time to start setting financial goals for 2006. I believe that our net worth should grow every year and double every five years and taking into account our personal situation, my net worth goal for 2006 is: Increase our household net worth by 15% Historically, our net worth growth has [...]
Barclays Canada is launching four new ETFs that will start trading on the TSX shortly: iUnits Materials Sector Index Fund (XMA) provides exposure to the materials sector (minerals, mining and forestry) by tracking the S&P Capped Materials Index. MER is 0.55%. iUnits Income Trust Sector Index Fund (XTR) provides exposure to the income trust sector [...]
Yesterday’s post Don’t Give up Free Money elicited this comment: I’m not sure if a RRSP is the best option. If the tax agency is trying to give you a “deal” you should run away as fast as possible. I have heard variations of this “the government always gets you” theme over the years. For [...]
President’s Choice is offering a new mobile service, but Virgin Mobile is still superior.
I never thought I would ever be discussing which tax-cut idea is better but a close election race can do strange things. You know things are really wacky when even Jack Layton (whose party believes every penny we earn belongs to the government) thinks that a cut in the GST for hybrid cars, diapers and [...]
