Just do it now

This is going to be a fairly short post. Quick sell all your stocks. The Dow dropped 666 points and the world is ending. Obviously, I am kidding. Well not about the Dow dropping but about selling your stocks. I’m not in tune enough with all the economics of the world to understand exactly why […]

How to get people to do what you want and make the world a better place in the process

Everyone knows the golden rule. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. (Matthew 7:12) I can’t remember where I heard the following but I feel it is actually a better version of the golden rule. Do unto others how they would want to be done unto. Did you notice the subtle […]

Getting your Friends to pick your Stocks

I know I said you shouldn’t pick your own stocks but if you don’t listen to my advise or if you want to do this because you enjoy the thril of it, I wanted to share different techniques I’ve used over the years to build my portfolio. I tend to put some money away in […]

How to pick stocks without having to pick stocks

In the last post, My advice was not to pick stocks but rather use index funds (ETFs) to fill your portfolio. Today, I will cover one techniques I’ve used in there past to pick stocks when I’ve wanted to increase my returns and I’m willing to accept some additional risk. I was having a discussion […]

Now that I have a TFSA/RRSP, what should I invest in? – Boring, but correct and responsible answer

In my last blog post, I discussed the basic differences between a TFSA and an RRSP from a tax perspective. Today, I wanted to give a little guidance on what can be put into your TFSA/RRSP. As always, my assumption is that you have resources to contribute to your TFSA and your goal is to […]