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2015 Financial Goals – August Update

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Mark | 27 Comments

You might already know by now, over the last couple of years I’ve posted our financial goals on My Own Advisor. I do this because: I believe all goals should be clear and transparent, I believe all goals should be…

Weekend Reading – $100,000 jobs, changing banks are a PITA, super savers and more

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Mark | 8 Comments

Cheers to another summer weekend folks, and some fine Weekend Reading. Earlier this week, the comments flew in on this post about the markets blowing up and based on reader questions and the curious minds that visit this site I…

How I manage my DIY stock portfolio

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Mark | 49 Comments

How I manage my DIY stock portfolio I was inspired by this post over at Dividend Growth Investor, so I thought I’d share some of my own answers to the same questions. I’ll add in a few more answers as…

What to do now the markets are blowing up

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Mark | 58 Comments

“In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine.” – Ben Graham, legendary investor, financial hero of Warren Buffett I can appreciate these are trying times if you’re following…

Weekend Reading – Go for total returns, killer online income, and more investing mistakes

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Mark | 12 Comments

Welcome to some summer Weekend Reading friends. Earlier this week I shared seven essential steps to a fat RRSP nest egg and I highlighted a few multi-millionaire #frugal athletes. Enjoy these articles I read this week and here’s to a…

Frugal athletes – including living in a van

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Mark | 7 Comments

Frugal athletes – including living in a van In a recent Weekend Reading edition on my site, I shared this story about frugal Detroit Lions player Ryan Broyles. Broyles signed a contract worth more than $3.6 million, of which, more…

Seven tips to build a fat RRSP nest egg

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Mark | 18 Comments

Seven tips to build a fat RRSP nest egg We’ve all heard it before. The biggest enemy to your financial future is you. This of course is true. I’ve learned to appreciate this fact more than fiction because of my…

Weekend Reading – Passive income, net worth, big mistakes, snowbirds and more

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Mark | 23 Comments

Welcome to some new Weekend Reading material folks. In case you missed it, I offered a take on what to buy with $1,000 to invest and I profiled a new dividend stock performance list service from Dividend Earner. Enjoy these articles…

Introducing Dividend Snapshot – Dividend stock performance to your inbox

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Mark | 7 Comments

After years of investing in high-priced mutual fund products I decided to leave the mutual fund industry and I haven’t looked back since. I now manage my portfolio by investing in some low-cost Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and holding a number of…

What to buy with $1,000 to invest?

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Mark | 20 Comments

I read some interesting advice in this Globe and Mail article recently – what to buy if you only have $1,000 to invest. Some experts said investing in global equities will offer the most diversification. I would agree investing abroad…