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I’m too tired to write about anything today We had our Xmas office party yesterday and we are going to the restaurant with friends this evening… I know, I wasn’t supposed to go the restaurant until Xmas… I guess this is why the word “exception” was created
iceman
If you have to ...
Stocks
Financial Crisis
Yesterday, I had talked about High Yield Bonds ETFs and other products available (like mutual funds) in order to benefit from this asset class. During a bear market, high yield bonds are one of the first asset classes to get pummelled like a 16 year old boy being initiated during ...
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Risk Management
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I have made a major point of honour
to take note of what life teaches me. We
sometimes go through tough periods and we don’t really know why it is happening to us. We get hit as hard as being creamed by a train and we are standing in the middle ...
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Note to Myself: Key Points to Investing During a Bear ...
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I recently received an email from Pete (name has been changed, duh!). He has been a loyal reader of The Financial Blogger and he is seeking advice looking at his future career options. Here’s the email he sent me:
Hi There
I just wanted to know what your advice would be.
I would ...
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A little bit more than a week ago, Citigroup announced that they would sell 100M$ worth of shares during the first Primerica IPO . Last year, they tried to sell the company and were unsuccessful, since then they have decided to “pull a few bucks” out of their cash cow.
Over last ...
Stocks
Risk Management
Citigroup
Welcome to this new edition of the Festival of Stocks! For this festival, I have decided to share my thoughts on a few investment products you may have or consider to include in your portfolio. If you are new to The Financial Blogger , I may suggest you read those investment related ...
Stocks
We have watched Peter Pan (version 1932…. Or the oldest version… still in color thought) yesterday with our children. Amazing enough, they loved it (and it was far from Bakugan!). I was surprised to see that magic really don’t have age! Anyway, that was my cool family moment of the week
As ...
Stocks
Financial Crisis
thefinancialblogger.com - 7 days ago
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I remember when I started working at the
bank at 22, I was an administrative clerk in
the back office of a brokerage company. I was balancing trades on stock options and futures, making $30,000. Back then, I was already thinking about making a 6 ...
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Hitting 6 Figures Income at 28!
I don’t know why, but I am in the mood for Christmas this week After finding a way to save money before Christmas , I am suggesting some great financial gifts for your child. I’ve noticed that my children have been spoiled by gifts from their grandparents and awesome godmother and ...
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That’s it! The Christmas countdown has already started. In fact, I noticed it had started on November 1 st … only minutes after Halloween ended, stores were putting their Christmas decorations out. While I think it’s a bit crazy, but perhaps it can help us prepare a Christmas budget ahead ...
Commodities
Back in May, my wife stopped working full time so she could return to school part time and take care of our children. She is currently completing an online degree (sponsored by a real university ) so she can take care of everything while at home.
As I wrote yesterday, the company is ...
Commodities
After releasing 9 free websites to start investing in Canada last week, I have pursued my quest for free and useful resources for young investors. With the proliferation of the Internet, it is now much easier to find free stuff that is actually worth something
However, if you are ...
Other
Risk Management
First things first, here are the winner of the book “ In Cheap We Trust “:
Traciatim
Finance Matters
Paula
Carolline
Darwin’s Finance
congratulations! you will be contacted shortly by email.
To stay in the horror theme from last week Halloween, there is a guy who ...
Stocks
Financial Crisis
Whoa! PRIMERICA FIRST IPO!
My friend just called me to let me know that Primerica is finally going public! After unsucessful attempts to sell Primerica, Citigroup found no other choices but to set the first Primerica IPO. In fact, Citigroup is expecting to get as much as $100 million.
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Stocks
Citigroup
3 years ago, when I told my wife I was starting a personal financial blog, she didn’t have much of a reaction. In fact, since I always have 2-3 projects on the go, she wasn’t surprised. I was (and still) write my posts in the bus so she barely noticed that I had a new project.
During the ...
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Welcome to the 89th Carnival of Money Hackers!
If you are new to The Financial Blogger , I suggest you read a few of our great posts:
Take it like a Man or Invest like a Woman
Primerica Reviews
Free Investing Sites
Canadian ETFs that pays dividend
If you know me, you know ...
Stocks
Coffee
When I was a teenager, my dad had a great job and was making a very good income. We were not rich, but we didn’t have to worry too much about money. In fact, my dad never worried much about money his whole life… he still doesn’t . Way back when, he lost his lucrative contract just before ...
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Stimulus Plan
Personal Finance
As many of you know, I go to the gym every workday (which is 4 times a week in my case ). So I arrive at the gym the very same hour 4 times a week. After a while, you get to know the people who share the same routine. At one point, I know that when I sit on the bench press and ...
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Personal Finance
If we had to separate people into 2 different clans: The Thrifts and the Spendthrifts, I would probably be closer to the latter. Unfortunately, the thing I like most about money is spending it. However, being a husband and father of two beautiful children has helped me be more ...
Government
I have been in the same position, as a financial planner, since March 2008. Since then, I have established great relationships with several of my clients. At some point, we start talking about real business relationships. What I really like about my job is that since we talk about ...