Archive for the ‘Finance’ Category
Two Competing Investment Philosophies
If you watch Mad Money, or read some of Jim Cramer’s books, he’ll spell out in great detail how he ran a successful hedge fund through the 80’s and 90’s. Despite the stupidity of his TV show, he does follow a systematic approach to investing. Basically he chooses sectors that are growing, then chooses businesses [...]
Invest in Index Funds
I recommend XIC, XIU or some other low MER% index fund of the whole TSX if you’re Canadian. But for whatever reason I’m going to invest in stocks directly. Here’s my list that I believe are or were trading below intrinsic value:
Bombardier (BBD.B)– bought at $4.59 plus commission last month. Now trading at $5.55 or [...]
The Joys of Buying A House
I’ve already outlined the horrors of running around looking at houses, putting offers in for houses, getting outbid on houses etc etc. Now let’s examine what happens when you actually go to buy it.
Let’s assume that your home inspectors do NOT find any structural problems that could collapse the roof. What happens once [...]
Money
Wow. I’m calculating my pension plan and it works out to be about 25% of my salary after 20 years of work (more if I work longer, but who wants to work past 50?) What does that mean? It means both the bank and government is quite happy to see me very poor in my [...]
Good Feng Shui
Alright so I’m eliminating chaos out of my life in order to develop good Feng Shui. Besides making my apartment a *little* cleaner and getting rid of a car that was starting to embarrass me, I also took my glasses in to be fixed (the anti-glare coating was rubbed off) and a newER car is [...]
In: Finance, Philosophical Musings
The Refined Approach
Some blogs are nothing more than the uninspired musings of a drunkard donkey on crystal meth. But I hope to rise above that and create a blog worthy of being read and thoughtful enough not to be embarrassing. So any blogs that may or may not be still found on the internet have been invalidated [...]
In: Finance, Hobbies, Uncategorized
