Comments on: This and That http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-15/ Helping you invest and prosper Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-15/#comment-3662 Brian Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:51:31 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2006/04/11/this-and-that-15#comment-3662 ETFs are the way to go. Mutual fund fees can kill your returns. For example, TD recently announced the closure of their TD/Fidelity International Portfolio Linked Notes (a fund purchased many years ago by an ex-broker of mine). I could either sell the fund or be put into a money market fund. Either way, I had to pay a 2.7 per cent fee to close out my position (and no it wasn't a rear-load fee). It's no wonder mutual funds has such as bad reputuation. And as for TD, I thinking of moving my account to a more fee-friendly institution. ETFs are the way to go. Mutual fund fees can kill your returns. For example, TD recently announced the closure of their TD/Fidelity International Portfolio Linked Notes (a fund purchased many years ago by an ex-broker of mine). I could either sell the fund or be put into a money market fund. Either way, I had to pay a 2.7 per cent fee to close out my position (and no it wasn’t a rear-load fee). It’s no wonder mutual funds has such as bad reputuation. And as for TD, I thinking of moving my account to a more fee-friendly institution.

]]> By: Rich At Any Age - Your 20s » Investments + Editorials: Dissecting the good, the bad, and the ugly of investment / financial media! http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-15/#comment-2115 Rich At Any Age - Your 20s » Investments + Editorials: Dissecting the good, the bad, and the ugly of investment / financial media! Mon, 01 May 2006 02:57:37 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2006/04/11/this-and-that-15#comment-2115 [...] I explained on Canadian Capitalist that MoneySense merged and reappeared as a sub-section of Canadian Business Online. As a result, that particular feature had links to articles that were no longer functional. I thought I might as well do a favour to MoneySense and direct readers to the stories that I found manually for each section. American readers may not understand the minor differences in the Canadian system but I’m sure you can follow along quite nicely! [...] [...] I explained on Canadian Capitalist that MoneySense merged and reappeared as a sub-section of Canadian Business Online. As a result, that particular feature had links to articles that were no longer functional. I thought I might as well do a favour to MoneySense and direct readers to the stories that I found manually for each section. American readers may not understand the minor differences in the Canadian system but I’m sure you can follow along quite nicely! [...]

]]> By: Investorial http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-15/#comment-1301 Investorial Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:37:12 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2006/04/11/this-and-that-15#comment-1301 CC, I guess those are the problems they have to work out with the "merger". Canadian Business have their own columnists that they feature on the navigational left panel while the old MoneySense crew are tucked away in hide-and-seek land. Hope you found Irwin Michael through my link in the comment. CC, I guess those are the problems they have to work out with the “merger”. Canadian Business have their own columnists that they feature on the navigational left panel while the old MoneySense crew are tucked away in hide-and-seek land. Hope you found Irwin Michael through my link in the comment.

]]> By: Canadian Capitalist http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-15/#comment-1300 Canadian Capitalist Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:04:54 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2006/04/11/this-and-that-15#comment-1300 Vince: I tried the "Our Columnists" at the left panel and didn't find Mr. Michael listed. They have so many useful articles that it is a shame that it is not indexed properly. Sean: I read that story yesterday. Proves how difficult it is to beat passive investing (though the time frame was really short). Vince: I tried the “Our Columnists” at the left panel and didn’t find Mr. Michael listed. They have so many useful articles that it is a shame that it is not indexed properly.

Sean: I read that story yesterday. Proves how difficult it is to beat passive investing (though the time frame was really short).

]]> By: Sean http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-15/#comment-1299 Sean Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:16:48 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2006/04/11/this-and-that-15#comment-1299 The National Post held a contest between MBA groups from various universities across Canada, giving them $1M in play money and 6 months to play the markets. The group that won made heavy use of ETFs. The contest took into account volatility as well as return, so the ETFs helped volatility even though they didn't have the highest return. The National Post held a contest between MBA groups from various universities across Canada, giving them $1M in play money and 6 months to play the markets. The group that won made heavy use of ETFs. The contest took into account volatility as well as return, so the ETFs helped volatility even though they didn’t have the highest return.

]]> By: Investorial http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-15/#comment-1297 Investorial Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:56:59 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2006/04/11/this-and-that-15#comment-1297 For curiosities sake, the roster list of MoneySense's (now My Money) columnists can be found here: http://www.canadianbusiness.com/my_money/columnists/index.jsp If you want to find it via navigation, follow the above link to get to the My Money homepage. There's a big rectangle module titled "Topics". The bottom right section are for columnists. It's a shame that Irwin is not featured on the front. But you can click "more" to see them all. For curiosities sake, the roster list of MoneySense’s (now My Money) columnists can be found here:
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/my_money/columnists/index.jsp

If you want to find it via navigation, follow the above link to get to the My Money homepage. There’s a big rectangle module titled “Topics”. The bottom right section are for columnists. It’s a shame that Irwin is not featured on the front. But you can click “more” to see them all.

]]> By: Investorial http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-15/#comment-1296 Investorial Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:41:33 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2006/04/11/this-and-that-15#comment-1296 I blogged about Canadian Business Online's website redesign last night, didn't realize that MoneySense.ca now redirects to their domain, was there a merger/buyout? Thanks for pointing out Jonaathan Chevreau's articles. I used to read him. But it's annoying that I cannot find an syndication feed to which I can subscribe. I blogged about Canadian Business Online’s website redesign last night, didn’t realize that MoneySense.ca now redirects to their domain, was there a merger/buyout?

Thanks for pointing out Jonaathan Chevreau’s articles. I used to read him. But it’s annoying that I cannot find an syndication feed to which I can subscribe.

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