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My Favourite Takeaways – The Wealthy Barber Returns (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Mark | 8 Comments

The Wealthy Barber Returns In Part 1 of 2, I provided an overview of what I liked (and a few things I didn’t like) about The Wealthy Barber Returns by David Chilton. For those that haven’t read this soon-to-be classic, David’s book…

My Favourite Takeaways – The Wealthy Barber Returns (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Mark | 21 Comments

The Wealthy Barber Returns I wasn’t always interested in personal finance or investing. Sure, many years ago, I piled money into mutual funds for my RRSP, I was cognizant of paying down my high-interest debt and probably like you, I…

My Favourite Takeaways – Millionaire Teacher and FREE book giveaway (Part 3/3)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Mark | 21 Comments

Over the last couple of weeks, in Part 1 and Part 2, I raved about Andrew Hallam’s book. I have good reason to. I consider Millionaire Teacher a gem for your personal finance library because it is an excellent and an…

My Favourite Takeaways – Millionaire Teacher and FREE book giveaway (Part 2)

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Mark | 33 Comments

In my last blogpost, Part 1 of My Favourite Takeaways – Millionaire Teacher and FREE book giveaway, I raved about Andrew Hallam’s book. I consider Millionaire Teacher a gem for your personal finance library because it is an excellent and an…

My Favourite Takeaways – Millionaire Teacher and FREE book giveaway

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Mark | 50 Comments

My Favourite Takeaways – Millionaire Teacher and FREE book giveaway When I first heard about Millionaire Teacher, I was excited to get my hands on it. Now that I have, I couldn’t imagine not owning this gem of a book in my…

Weekend Reading – The Elements of Investing (Part 3 of 3)

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Mark | 23 Comments

The Elements of Investing Over the last week or so, I’ve shared what I believe are the best takeaways from The Elements of Investing. This book is a gem and is one of my investing favourites because it is so matter of fact; straightforward,…

Favourite Takeaways – The Elements of Investing (Part 2 of 3)

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Mark | 16 Comments

The Elements of Investing Burton Malkiel and Charles Ellis are financial icons and thankfully for the rest of us, who are not, they’ve produced The Elements of Investing. This book is one of my investing favourites, written with straightforward facts and a bunch of do-it-yourself guidance that can…

Favourite Takeaways – The Elements of Investing (Part 1 of 3)

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Mark | 7 Comments

The Elements of Investing The authors of this book are famous, but if you haven’t heard of them or you’re new to investing, that’s OK. That means this book is meant for you. Burton Malkiel’s A Random Walk Down Wall…

Part 2 – My Favourite Takeaways from The Investment Zoo

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Mark | 17 Comments

Thanks to many of my dedicated readers for your excellent comments and feedback on my recent post: Part 1 – My Favourite Takeaways from The Investment Zoo. I enjoyed writing that post and it sounds like quite a few of you enjoyed…

My Favourite Takeaways from The Investment Zoo – Part 1

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Mark | 20 Comments

Throughout the investment industry, Stephen Jarislowsky needs little introduction. Jarislowsky is the 80-something co-founder of the money management firm Jarislowsky Fraser, one of Canada’s most respected financial firms. They manage pension funds, corporate and private investment portfolios primarily in North…