Comments on: This and That http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-65/ Helping you invest and prosper Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Canadian Capitalist http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-65/#comment-76508 Canadian Capitalist Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:24:48 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2007/11/01/this-and-that-65#comment-76508 Phil: Nope. I'm unaware of any Euro denominated bond mutual funds. Can't you buy these maple bonds directly through a discount broker? Wonder if any of our readers have experience with them. Phil: Nope. I’m unaware of any Euro denominated bond mutual funds. Can’t you buy these maple bonds directly through a discount broker? Wonder if any of our readers have experience with them.

]]> By: Phil S http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-65/#comment-76026 Phil S Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:23:00 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2007/11/01/this-and-that-65#comment-76026 Hey CC. Do you know of any Canadian mutual funds with a low MER and holds mostly Euro denominated bonds? I think it's finally time to me to make a bet against the Canadian dollar. But most of the funds I've seen so far have MERs in the 2% range. Yuk. Hey CC. Do you know of any Canadian mutual funds with a low MER and holds mostly Euro denominated bonds? I think it’s finally time to me to make a bet against the Canadian dollar. But most of the funds I’ve seen so far have MERs in the 2% range. Yuk.

]]> By: Canadian Capitalist http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-65/#comment-75815 Canadian Capitalist Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:09:34 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2007/11/01/this-and-that-65#comment-75815 telly: I am not surprised at all. Some very smart people I know don't have a clue about finances. It's frightening that these days we are mostly on our own and financial knowledge of the general public is woefully inadequate. telly: I am not surprised at all. Some very smart people I know don’t have a clue about finances. It’s frightening that these days we are mostly on our own and financial knowledge of the general public is woefully inadequate.

]]> By: telly http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-65/#comment-75798 telly Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:24:57 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2007/11/01/this-and-that-65#comment-75798 I was enjoying lunch with a few of my co-workers yesterday and one of the stats released by the study you mention came up on one of the screen tvs. It stated that 83% of respondents claimed they had no idea how much they were paying in management fees in their 401ks. Two of my co-workers agreed that they were in that catagory and asked me how they could find out. One of the them didn't even have a clue what he held in his 401k, yet contributes 5% of his salary + 2.5% match to it each pay period (the company match automatically goes into a MM account). Our 401k plan has a few good funds (out of 12 or so) and 1/2 of our 401k is available to be self-directed through an online brokerage account. Recently, employees have been given the option to pay an extra 1% (I believe) to have their 401k managed by "professionals". When I asked what funds they were put in, most everyone said a large %age of their account had been moved in the S&P500 index fund (0.18% MER). So now they're paying 1.18% for an index fund! I was enjoying lunch with a few of my co-workers yesterday and one of the stats released by the study you mention came up on one of the screen tvs. It stated that 83% of respondents claimed they had no idea how much they were paying in management fees in their 401ks. Two of my co-workers agreed that they were in that catagory and asked me how they could find out. One of the them didn’t even have a clue what he held in his 401k, yet contributes 5% of his salary + 2.5% match to it each pay period (the company match automatically goes into a MM account).

Our 401k plan has a few good funds (out of 12 or so) and 1/2 of our 401k is available to be self-directed through an online brokerage account.

Recently, employees have been given the option to pay an extra 1% (I believe) to have their 401k managed by “professionals”. When I asked what funds they were put in, most everyone said a large %age of their account had been moved in the S&P500 index fund (0.18% MER). So now they’re paying 1.18% for an index fund!

]]> By: CanadianInvestor http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-65/#comment-75755 CanadianInvestor Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:44:45 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2007/11/01/this-and-that-65#comment-75755 Yes, indeed, it is nice to be noticed by the pre-eminent Canadian finance blog! Yes, indeed, it is nice to be noticed by the pre-eminent Canadian finance blog!

]]> By: MillionDollarJourney http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/this-and-that-65/#comment-75685 MillionDollarJourney Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:14:31 +0000 http://www.canadiancapitalist.com/2007/11/01/this-and-that-65#comment-75685 Thanks for the mention CC! Thanks for the mention CC!

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