Investing: Crooks among us
A bit of homework can save you from losing your life savings to an investment scam.
Rob Gerlsbeck
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Stuff to read
I’ve been busy reading this week. Here are my favourite articles: 1. Stop buying clothes you’ll never wear. In other words, how to clean out your closet, wear stuff you own and stop buying new stuff. Click here to read. 2. Yikes! Companies are borrowing to pay dividends. Here’s a new twist on robbing Peter [...]
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Jewelry: Not so shiny
Your old jewelry isn’t worth as much as you think.
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The Dow, dating, and your brain on money
Another week, another roundup of the most interesting articles I’ve read in the last seven days: 1. The 7 Deadly Sins of Personal Finance. A nice summary of all the mistakes you should avoid making, from The Globe and Mail’s John Heinzl. Click here to read.  2. The Dow at 10,000. Don’t bother opening the champagne. [...]
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Kids and cash
Kids learn best about money when they actually handle it. Here’s how parents can help.
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Inside Stephen Harper’s wallet
Our elected representatives once earned incomes similar to typical Canadians. Now they earn compensation packages that leave most of us gaping in envy. Are we paying our politicians too much?
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Fashion: The measure of a man
Once you wear a custom-tailored shirt, you’ll never do off the rack again.
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In case you missed it
My roundup of the five must-read articles this week. (Drum-roll, please!) 1. After the bust. Here’s what you really should have learned. The Lehman Brothers collapse a year ago set off the global financial meltdown. On its anniversary there’s been no shortage of experts summing up the lessons learned. I think these nine from the [...]
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Feeling wealthy?
Maybe it isn’t the best time to ask that question. After all, recessions have a funny way of making people feel poor. This one is no exception. Yet there’s some good news for all of us when it comes to our wealth. Canadians are getting richer–albeit slowly. According to MoneySense’s most recent All-Canadian Wealth Test, [...]
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Stuff to read (in case you missed it)
Starting this Thursday, and every Thursday from now on, I’ll post links to five good articles that are worth a look. Enjoy. 1. You need a 100% gain to erase a 50% loss. If you’re like me, you missed the high school math class that taught this one. Or maybe they never did teach it. [...]
