Investor Profiles - My Own Advisor

Stop worrying, make your portfolio safer, and choose better investments

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Mark | 7 Comments

Richard is a fan of My Own Advisor and a passionate index-investor. The media makes it sound so easy: “Don’t sell when the market is down.” “Stick to your plan.” Right. But when we keep hearing these messages how is…

Smart Saving and Investing Advice: My Story

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Mark | 24 Comments

Smart Saving and Investing Advice: My Story The following is a guest post from a passionate reader of this site, Phil. Read on about Phil’s saving and investing story to financial independence. Who am I? Just a guy that met…

You don’t need $1 million to retire on, read my story

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Mark | 66 Comments

The following is an article written by Gary, an avid reader of this site. Gary wanted to respond to my claim about needing at least $1 million in assets to retire well, and maybe more for Generation X and Y.…

What’s in your portfolio? DIY Investor Richard Garand

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Mark | 13 Comments

If you’ve been following my blog for the last month or so you know I reached out to various bloggers and financial experts to ask what’s in their portfolio. I did this to find out what their investing goals were,…

What’s in your portfolio? Kyle Prevost

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Mark | 1 Comment

Happy New Year! Over the last month or so various bloggers and financial experts have been kind to respond to my question: what’s in your portfolio? I asked this question to find out what goals these investors had, learn a…

What’s in your portfolio? Robb Engen from Boomer & Echo

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Mark | 2 Comments

Over the last few weeks various bloggers and financial experts have been kind to respond to my question: what’s in your portfolio? I asked this question to find out what goals these investors had, learn a little about their investing…

What’s in your portfolio? The Dividend Guy

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Mark | 7 Comments

A few weeks back I reached out to various bloggers and financial experts recently to ask what’s in their portfolio. I did this to find out what their investing goals were, learn a little about their investing strategies, uncover some…

What’s in your portfolio? Big Cajun Man

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Mark | 8 Comments

If you’ve been following my blog for the last few weeks, you know I reached out to various bloggers and financial experts to ask what’s in their portfolio. I did this to find out what their investing goals were, learn…

What’s in your portfolio? Dividend Ninja

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Mark | 17 Comments

Last month I reached out to various bloggers and financial experts to ask what’s in their portfolio. More specifically, I wanted to pick their brains to find out what their investing goals were, learn a little about their investing strategies,…

What’s in your portfolio? The Passive Income Earner

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Mark | 9 Comments

As part of Financial Literacy Month (last month), I reached out to various bloggers and financial experts to ask what’s in their portfolio. More specifically, I wanted to pick their brains to find out what their investing goals where, learn…

What’s in your portfolio? Larry MacDonald

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Mark | 16 Comments

As part of Financial Literacy Month, I reached out to various bloggers and financial experts to ask what’s in their portfolio. More specifically, I wanted to pick their brains to find out what their investing goals were, learn a little…

Family Finance Retirement Readiness Sanity Check

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Mark | 6 Comments

Before I get into my small rant, I must express I enjoy the Family Finance articles in the Financial Post. I read them every week and do so because I enjoy learning about the financial challenges Canadians have and the…