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Hot Off the Web- May 20, 2013

Contents: Sell advice OR product, investor help, don’t overprotect from market? inertia and mutual fund fees, fragmented investment management, US healthcare costs in retirement, Canada’s decelerating housing up 2%, Shiller: houses are dreams- reality is TBD, longer US stays for … Continue reading

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Hot Off the Web- May 13, 2013

Contents: Risk tolerance questionnaires, flexibility/adaptability the only “set-and-forget” retirement strategy, Canada’s housing bubble to burst or gradually deflate, Peter Munk places his bets on Toronto condo market, Fink: retirement savings must be mandatory, small business IRAs and 401(k)s, OTPP: Pension … Continue reading

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Hot Off the Web- May 6, 2013

Contents: Documentary: “The retirement gamble”, “senior specialists”, impact of rising interest rates in target-date funds, tax time a good time for retirement plan review, Vanguard’s Total International Bond ETF coming, US housing up, rentals’ impact on neighborhoods, cost of home … Continue reading

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Hot Off the Web- April 29, 2013

Contents: Rent vs. buy in Toronto, target maturity corporate bond ETFs, Canada/US wealth gap, Palm Beach County home prices up 28%? Changes to existing variable annuities, tontines, collateral damage, documentary slams brokers, gold: buy or sell? fundamental and equal weighted … Continue reading

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Hot Off the Web- April 22, 2013

Contents: Beating the bond market, longevity insurance protects against outliving assets, don’t put US dividend stocks into TFSAs, protection against the return gap, Canadian bank deposits safe under bail-in{ yes and no, Canadian home prices up 0.4% in March, catering … Continue reading

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Hot Off the Web- April 15, 2013

Contents: Active vs. passive funds, adviser fees: watch out for dually registered ones, paying off the mortgage, hedge funds cooking the return rates? Canada’s housing downturn? does the shadow inventory negate Canadians’ perceived real estate opportunity in Florida? large scale … Continue reading

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“Paper Promises- Debt, Money, and the new world order” by Philip Coggan

Contents: Reading Philip Coggan’s new book is not only well timed given the Quantitative Easing (“financial repression”) in progress in many countries and Euro/PIIGS/Greece/Cyprus crisis, but it is time well spent in general on looking at the history of money … Continue reading