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Weekend Reading – Tips for millennial investors, early retiree primer, asset allocation ETFs and more #moneystuff

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Mark | 19 Comments

Weekend Reading – Tips for millennial investors, early retiree primer, asset allocation ETFs and more #moneystuff Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition where I share some of my favourite articles from the week that was across the personal finance…

Time-tested advice in (and not in) The Millionaire Next Door

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Mark | 32 Comments

Time-tested advice in (and not in) The Millionaire Next Door The Millionaire Next Door (1996) by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko was one of the first books, in a long list of books I read, about accumulating wealth. While…

Weekend Reading – Canadian Financial Summit, FinCon2019 recaps and more #moneystuff

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Mark | 38 Comments

Weekend Reading – Canadian Financial Summit, FinCon2019 recaps and more #moneystuff Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition where I share some of my favourite articles from the week that was across the personal finance and investing blogosphere. Around my…

Norbert’s Gambit – how to exchange Canadian to U.S. dollars – for less

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Mark | 32 Comments

Norbert’s Gambit – how to exchange Canadian to U.S. dollars – for less A quick Google of “Norbert’s Gambit” might highlight a few results for how to exchange Canadian to U.S. dollars – for less. And rightly so. This approach…

August 2019 Dividend Income Update

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Mark | 14 Comments

August 2019 Dividend Income Update Welcome to my latest dividend income update for 2019 folks – happy to have you on the site. For those of you new to these posts on my site, for the last few years, every month I…

Income Investing and My Retirement Strategy – Your Questions Answered

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Mark | 18 Comments

Income Investing and My Retirement Strategy – Your Questions Answered For many years now, I’ve been a huge fan of dividend investing. Dedicated readers will know I’m on a mission with this strategy – an aggressive one at that –…

Weekend Reading – Ways to get retirement ready, your ever growing income, return of capital considerations and more #moneystuff

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Mark | 29 Comments

Weekend Reading – Ways to get retirement ready, your ever growing income, return of capital considerations and more #moneystuff Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition where I share some of my favourite articles from the week that was across…

10 ways to get retirement ready

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Mark | 39 Comments

10 ways to get retirement ready You’ve worked your entire life. You put some money away; invested, watched that money now and then over time. Yet instead of living it up for everything you’ve worked so hard for you’re counting…

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