Today’s guest post, “Bitcoins: Revolution or Bunk? Part 4” comes from Value Indexer. VI writes about enjoying wealth in all its forms at Simply Rich Life, and about index fund ideas and research at Value Indexer. In the first three parts of this series, we’ve seen that Bitcoin is a new kind of currency, learned about its …
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Today’s guest post, “Bitcoins: Revolution or Bunk? Part 3” comes from Value Indexer. VI writes about enjoying wealth in all its forms at Simply Rich Life, and about index fund ideas and research at Value Indexer. In the last two weeks we’ve seen what a Bitcoin is, and how its peer-to-peer network protocol facilitates a trusted digital …
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Today’s guest post, “Bitcoins: Revolution or Bunk? Part 2” comes from Value Indexer. VI writes about enjoying wealth in all its forms at Simply Rich Life, and about index fund ideas and research at Value Indexer. Last week, we discussed what a Bitcoin is and how you can own coins that you can’t touch. That’s all well …
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Today’s guest post, “Bitcoins: Revolution or Bunk? Part 1” comes from Value Indexer. VI writes about enjoying wealth in all its forms at Simply Rich Life, and about index fund ideas and research at Value Indexer. You’ve probably heard a lot about Bitcoin, the nascent online currency. A Bitcoin acts a lot like a real currency, in …
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If you’ve read this pathetic blog since its humble beginnings in February, you’ll definitely know that I think the existence of a Canadian housing bubble is a foregone conclusion. So is its inevitable pop and associated terrors — deleveraging, economic stagnation, increased bankruptcies, and locust. The majority does not share our view; we label these …
Continue Reading...I’ve talked about dividend investing before and I’ve shared guest posts about index investing. These are the two kinds of intelligent public market “passive investing”. But I haven’t talked at any length about implementing your investment strategy. There’s one risk-free, surefire way to improve your returns: lower the cost of building and maintaining your portfolio. …
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“Risk-Averse Financial Planning: The Meek Shall Inherit Stability” is a post by Adina J, TimelessFinance columnist and author of Blue collar / Red lipstick. Today, I am going to attempt to tackle a difficult topic that strikes close to home for me: how to incorporate risk into your long-term financial planning when you are risk-averse. It’s …
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Since 2009, I’ve harped about Canada’s housing bubble. I’m not new to the party. Americans have already been to the bottom of this rollercoaster. The housing bubble is at its most grotesque and obvious in the condo market. In Toronto, developers have been literally throwing up these dog-kennels-in-the-sky, and commanding hundreds of thousands of dollars for …
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