- Out with toasters. In with cash, trinkets and baubles. Rob Carrick explained how banks are trying to attract new accounts.
- Years ago Ben Graham identified an investor’s worst enemy: himself. Larry Swedroe is writing an excellent series on psychological factors that affect investment decision making.
- Intuition, discipline, sound fundamentals and expert advice. Home Cents’ Chaya Cooperberg says that successful golfers and investors share many of these traits.
- Forget trinkets and baubles. Newcomers to Canada are the next battleground in banking, says Thicken My Wallet.
- Fans of active management seem to suggest that all you have to do to beat the index is build a portfolio that sufficiently differs from it. If only beating the benchmarks were so easy!
- Blessed by the Potato explains asset allocation to StarCraft fans.
- Larry MacDonald highlights a recent Department of Finance paper that suggests widespread worries over low retirement savings may be overblown.
- It’s a fee. No, it’s a tax. Preet Banerjee and Ellen Roseman weigh in on the expanded Eco Fee program that kicked in on July 1.
- There is little awareness of how attractive Registered Disability Savings Plans are for saving for a loved one’s future. Canadian Financial Stuff featured a guest post that covers the basics of a RDSP and the grants it attracts.
- The Financial Blogger shared how he values his online business.
I’m unable to highlight all the articles worth checking out in my weekly round up but you can check them out through my Twitter feed. Have a great weekend everyone!
