In a wide-ranging interview with Charlie Rose on PBS, Jeremy Grantham says that the era of 3 percent economic growth is over.
Jason Zweig says that automatic enrolment with opt-out can help alleviate the retirement savings crisis.
Rob Carrick says that you can give your kids their inheritance early by starting early and contributing regularly to a Registered Education Savings Account (RESP). It’s good advice because the Government kicks in at the very least an extra 20 percent.
Bitcoins were in the news this days as the value of these virtual coins soared in the wake of events in Cyprus. This blog post takes a deeper look into the strengths and weaknesses of Bitcoins.
As the old saw goes, investing is simple but not easy. This article offers ten tips for overcoming some common investment errors.
Larry Swedroe highlights the findings of a study that found that there is no special advantage to a strategy of investing in dividend-paying stocks.
Michael James calls value averaging — an investment strategy that involves adding or withdrawing money from a portfolio based on a pre-determined rate of return — “non sense”.
Canadian Financial Stuff says that he finds passive investing still means you have to pay attention to your portfolio. I tend to agree but it should be mentioned that the time demands of a passive portfolio are fairly minimal.
Google recently announced that it is shuttering the Reader product. Blessed by the Potato wonders why Google is killing off some of its useful products.
H&R Block Online Giveaway
Thanks to H&R Block, I am giving away five (5) online coupons for filing your family’s tax returns (valued at $23.95). To enter just leave a comment in this post and don’t forget to include a valid e-mail address. If you are reading this through your favourite RSS Reader or via-email, you have to click on the headline, get through to the website and scroll down to the bottom of the page and type in your comment.
Some quick rules:
(1) No purchase necessary. A skill-testing question may be required.
(2) Deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 9, 2012.
(3) One entry per person please.
(4) I treat your privacy very seriously. Your email will be used for the sole purpose of contacting you if you happen to win.
(5) I’ll pick five (5) entries at random and announce the winner after the deadline. All decisions are final.
