four-pillars.ca - 11/28/2008
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I recently came across yet another post on investing which goes something along the lines of “If you invested 10 years ago in the Dow then you would have earned exactly nothing in that time”. I hate to pick on any one blogger since I’ve read these articles all across the blogosphere but this ...
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This and That: The BCE saga continues…
Canadian Capitalist —
... at 8:00 P.M. EST.
The leveraged buyout of BCE is almost dead over a little-known clause in the deal. This Globe and Mail story takes you behind the scenes of why the deal collapsed.
It is true that recent stock market returns have been terrible but some of the claims about past performance are flawed.
Money Grubbing Lawyer offers his take on the Canada Revenue Agency going after eBay PowerSellers.
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Unfortunately, a ...
Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup - November 29, 2008
The Dividend Guy Blog —
... trouble buying into this market?
Sysco dividend increase
Markets reacting to dividend cuts
Dividends in a recession
Thankful dividend investors
Deep value stocks
Travel trends
Buying Abbott Labs as a dividend stock
Two sides of the coin
DIY Investing
The Articles
S&P 500 Dividend Yield
The death of index investing
Returns on investment
Why join an investment club ...
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The Financial Blogger —
... his opinion on Value Click. Check out his first recommendation on Baidu and Yahoo at same the beginning of the same post; already making 27%!
Money Ning is telling us that we are showing 8 bad things to our kids. Those are simple things but it’s hard to avoid them when you don’t think about it!
Is it the Death of Index Investing? Find out at Four Pillars ;-). ...
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