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Friday, December 15, 2020

Off to E*Trade I Go (1 click)

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December 15, 2020 at 3:17 am ET

I just mailed my E*Trade application this morning. I applied for their cash optimizer account, a CDN and US trading account and an self-directed RSP account. There is a $100 transfer free from Clearsight but ... (more)

Friday, December 1, 2020

Should I Go It Alone? (3 clicks)

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December 1, 2020 at 2:28 am ET

Over the past year I have been an advocate for using an advisor as a source of some good advice and as a way to keep a small barrier between you and your money, to ... (more)

Monday, November 27, 2020

Canadian RRSP Statistics (1 click)

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November 27, 2020 at 1:49 pm ET

The Canadian Capitalist linked to a Stats Canada article about Canadians and their RRSP contributions. I found some of the results interesting: “As in recent years, almost 86% of taxfilers were eligible to contribute for the ... (more)

Sunday, November 19, 2020

Still no Word from Clearsight Wellington West

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November 19, 2020 at 3:43 am ET

Since Clearsight was bought by Wellington West about 1 month ago as I described I have not heard from my new financial advisor (as my original advisor “will no longer be with Clearsight” as a ... (more)

Thursday, November 16, 2020

Some Bad Advice on ETFs and Mutual Funds

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November 16, 2020 at 4:07 am ET

Just read an extremely shoddy article in a financial management company publication called “Understanding protected products and index funds.” (see page 7-8). It’s about ETFs, and here’s how it goes: “Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are mutual funds ... (more)

Tuesday, November 7, 2020

Upgraded to Wordpress 2.0.5

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November 7, 2020 at 8:13 pm ET

I just upgraded to Wordpress 2.0.5 today. So far so good. While I was at it, I disabled the siFR stuff that gave me fancy headings (provided by the CG-FlashyTitles plugin). It was slowing page-loading ... (more)

Resist the New TV Cravings

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November 7, 2020 at 6:54 pm ET

Earlier this year we almost spent over $1000 on a new TV. I am so glad that we resisted, as 2 weeks ago, we stopped watching so much TV. We started setting a limit of ... (more)

Sunday, October 22, 2020

Down to One Credit Card (6 clicks)

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October 22, 2020 at 4:18 pm ET

I mentioned a while ago how I had an AMEX Gold Card that (unbeknownest to me) had an annual fee. Well I finally cancelled it today, on a Sunday. I had no idea that I ... (more)

Calgary Real Estate Update (2 clicks)

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October 22, 2020 at 2:24 pm ET

In an earlier article, I quoted a Calgary Contrarian article (note that Calgary Contrarian has moved) that said: if you want an excellent predictor of timing, continue to follow the inventory situation. . . Right ... (more)

Thursday, October 19, 2020

Clearsight Acquired by Wellington West

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October 19, 2020 at 3:56 am ET

The company that my investment advisor works for, Clearsight, has been acquired by Wellington West. As a result of this, my advisor will no longer be with the newly formed company, One outcome of our new ... (more)

Sunday, October 1, 2020

Of Bubbles and Olympics

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October 1, 2020 at 1:04 am ET

Last week, at two different social functions, I heard more people spewing the same old Vancouver talk about how the Olympics have fueled the rise in real estate prices. One person bought a place the ... (more)

Friday, September 29, 2020

Clearsight Comment on Current Market Conditions

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September 29, 2020 at 1:09 am ET

Today I received a link to a Clearsight “market communique.” It starts off with a little technical charting stuff that I’m not too fond of: After rebounding nicely from its June lows through the first week ... (more)

Wednesday, September 27, 2020

Stupidist Thing I’ve Done This Year (1 click)

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September 27, 2020 at 12:38 am ET

Well actually in the past 2 years. In September 2004 I upgraded from an American Express Air Miles card to an American Express Air Miles GOLD card. I have no recollection of why I did ... (more)

Friday, September 15, 2020

Bill Miller on Commodities and Market Physics

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September 15, 2020 at 2:27 am ET

Here’s a really old article, flagged it a long time ago, and just got to it now: “Bill Miller on Commodities.” How true is that? To make some money by buying things at the right ... (more)

Tuesday, September 12, 2020

Voters Not Jumping for Joy Over GST Cut

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September 12, 2020 at 4:09 pm ET

According to a study done before the May 2nd federal budget, voters are less fond of a GST cut than they are with other tax cuts such as personal income tax cuts. ... (more)

Monday, September 11, 2020

Monte Carlo Investment Simulation (1 click)

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September 11, 2020 at 2:24 am ET

Many months ago, I saw this blog post about a Monte Carlo investment simulator. I liked it right off the bat because rather than giving exact answers, it gives probabilities of outcomes instead. You can ... (more)

Tuesday, September 5, 2020

Real Estate Prices Will Fall In Vancouver

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September 5, 2020 at 3:28 am ET

Anyone who has any doubt that housing prices will fall in Vancouver should get their head out of the sand. More articles today from van-housing blogger: Ozzie has the Scoop Your Daily Doom & Gloom When the Globe ... (more)

Wednesday, August 30, 2020

Historical Housing Prices Since 1890

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August 30, 2020 at 4:26 am ET

I have to agree with the Van Housing Blogger, “I just can’t get enough of this graph“: It’s great to see a graph that goes back so far and that also factors out the effects of ... (more)

Monday, August 14, 2020

How to Think Like Warren Buffett (1 click)

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August 14, 2020 at 1:07 am ET

Here’s an interesting read, the first in a 29-part series on how to think like Warren Buffett ... (more)

Wednesday, August 9, 2020

Housing Price Growth Rates in Vancouver (1 click)

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August 9, 2020 at 1:39 am ET

I just found some interesting estate price statistics for Vancouver from one of the forums at realestatetalks.com. Interesting stuff there. A couple of figures of note: The nominal growth rate of house prices from 1976 to ... (more)

Sunday, August 6, 2020

iShares New Flash Toys (1 click)

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August 6, 2020 at 10:01 pm ET

Over at iShares, they have this new gimmicky Flash thing that lets you see a bunch of data in a friendly (although not all that useful) way. On the “Index Return Chart” it says: Index returns ... (more)

Friday, August 4, 2020

A Realtor Gets a Rude Awakening (4 clicks)

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August 4, 2020 at 10:36 pm ET

I found this great, long, article Lights Out in Georgia at the Vancouver Housing Market Blog. I skimmed over the Sonnypage posts and got the general feeling of it. It was interesting to see the ... (more)

iShares New Flash Toys

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August 4, 2020 at 10:01 pm ET

Wednesday, August 2, 2020

Warren Buffett, Bill & Melinda Gates on Charlie Rose (2 clicks)

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August 2, 2020 at 10:51 pm ET

A while ago, I watched this great interview: Charlie Rose - An Exclusive Hour with Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, on Google Video but couldn’t find the URL anymore. Eventually I found it ... (more)

Tuesday, August 1, 2020

Updated to Wordpress 2.0.4

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August 1, 2020 at 2:53 am ET

Just did a quick upgrade to Wordpress 2.0.4 today. Everything seems to have gone smoothly. The most annoying part was merging in the update to the default theme with my changes to the theme. ... (more)

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