If you use H&R Block At Home to file your taxes, this giveaway is for you. Thanks to H&R Block, I’m giving away five (5) coupons that are good for downloading one copy each of H&R Block At Home desktop software (valued at $29.99 plus tax). Please note that the downloaded software will only work [...]
Aggressive Pension Return Assumptions: The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig points out that many private pension plans have unrealistic expectations of double digit returns from stocks. On the other hand, Berkshire Hathaway, whose pension plan is overseen by Warren Buffett, expects stock returns to range between 8% and 9%. Pricey Dividend Payers: This column in [...]
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speech in Davos last week set off a mini firestorm when he briefly touched upon the need to make social programs sustainable as the population ages rapidly: We have already taken steps to limit the growth of our health care spending over that period. We must do the same for our [...]
[Note: The following is a guest post by Norm Klatt, Senior Vice-President at Concentra Financial, which made a winning bid of $5,000 in the Bloggers for Charity initiative. I thank them for the generous donation to charity.] In today’s uncertain economic times, there’s value in taking a closer look at a group of reliable financial [...]
As you may have noticed, things are slow around here on the blog. The main reason is that I’ve been busy on a book project that I’m working on with a few other bloggers. I’m hoping that it is mostly out of the way now and I can go back to my regular posting schedule [...]
The Bloggers for Charity initiative attracted a top bid of $5,000 (Five thousand)! A big thank you to Concentra Financial — the winner of the auction. Quicken Giveaway If you use Quicken money management software to track your finances or you want to give it try, this giveaway is for you. Thanks to Intuit, I’m [...]
Before we dive into today’s round-up, an update on the Bloggers for Charity initiative. The top bid is currently $400 by Straight Talk Investing’s Dr. Dale Rathgeber. Thank you Dr. Dale! If you’d like to outbid Dr. Dale, please contact me directly. Keeping Steady: The Bank of Canada decided to keep interest rates level this [...]
[A quick update on where the bidding stands in the Bloggers for Charity auction. The top bid now is $400 by Dr. Dale Rathgeber. If you'd like to make a bid, you may want to hurry. Bidding will close on December 16, 2011.] A recent discussion on Canadian Money Forum over the advantages of using [...]
The big news this week was the co-ordinated move by central banks in the US, Europe, Japan, Canada, England and Switzerland to enhance their capacity to provide liquidity support to the global financial system. If, like me, you are wondering what the heck the Central banks mean by dollar liquidity swaps, here is a very [...]
The top bid in Bloggers for Charity is now $250. The top three bids were made by Glenn of InsuranceSquared, Dale Rathgeber ($200) and The Cynical Investor ($88.88). Thanks guys! Do I hear a bid for $300? Events in European financial markets continue to dominate the headlines. It appears that the contagion is spreading now [...]
