“The more debt I have the richer I get” It’s easy for the Irish to build wealth, because their capital is always Dublin. But the rest of us have to find others ways to grow our net worth. I recently listened to an episode of Palisade Radio, where the host, Collin Kettell, interviewed Robert Kiyosaki, an American investor and the author behind the… Read More »
This is a guest contribution from my friend Ben Reynolds at Sure Dividend. Sure Dividend uses The 8 Rules of Dividend Investing to find high quality dividend growth stocks trading at fair or better prices. Successful investing can be simplified into two aspects: Maximize returns Minimize risk Point one could not be more straightforward. The more money you… Read More »
To become a successful farmer you have to be outstanding in your field, if you know what I mean. But as most investors know, commodity prices have been in a slump over the past couple of years. This means many grain farmers have to live a very tough life. Perhaps some of them barley survive from wheat to wheat! But things may not… Read More »
The New York stock exchange regularly releases information about how much margin (or debt) investors are using to invest. Based on the latest reports from the NYSE market data, Doug Short who writes for advisorperspectives put together the following graph which conveniently compares the credit balance of investor’s accounts to the S&P 500 over the past two decades. We can clearly see some correlation… Read More »
Market Bounce Woohoo! Investors can rejoice as March 2016 was one of the best months for the stock market in recent memory. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones gained 6.9% and 7.1% respectively. Even the commodities-heavy S&P/TSX Composite in Canada managed to end the month 4.9% higher than it started. What do all these numbers mean? Well let’s pretend to be… Read More »
I’m not much of a hipster, but last year I started to use the Tangerine money-back credit card during its trial period before it was cool. After using this card for many months I’ve decided it’s time to blog about my experience with it. Normally I don’t review consumer products, and I’m not being paid to write this post, but… Read More »