1. Gail Bebee’s book, No Hype — The Straight Goods on Investing Your Money (read review), is now available at Chapters / Indigo bookstores across Canada. To celebrate, she has generously offered a copy of her book (thanks Gail!) to giveaway to our readers. Participating in the giveaway is simple: just leave a comment (don’t forget your e-mail address) to this post before 8 PM EST on Tuesday, January 13, 2009.
  2. John Bogle writes in The Wall Street Journal about the lessons 2008 has taught investors about investing.
  3. Not to be outdone, Larry Swedroe has a “doctoral seminar” worth of investing lessons from 2008.
  4. In light of the popularity of the Smith Manoeuvre, the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision that a Toronto couple who attempted a complicated strategy to make their mortgage tax deductible was abusive is likely to be subject of many discussions.
  5. Thanks to Get Rich Slowly for posting that Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan can be downloaded free from Oprah’s website. While most of the advice is geared towards Americans, some of the material will be of interest here as well.
  6. Million Dollar Journey featured a guest post on how to feed a family of four on $100 a week.
  7. CEO compensation is outrageous but is it as bad as some make it out to be? Michael James finds out in this post.
  8. Amidst the gloom and doom surrounding the economy, prices have been knocked low enough that there are reasons to be optimistic, feels Steady Hand’s Tom Bradley.
  9. If you sell a stock and buy it back immediately, you are not allowed to claim a capital loss on the stock. Preet explains the intricacies behind the superficial loss rules.
  10. Thicken My Wallet is writing a series of posts on preferred shares.

Have a great weekend everyone!