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Weekend Reading – Navigating the Retirement Risk Zone

Posted on February 15, 2025 by Mark | 10 Comments

Weekend Reading – Navigating the Retirement Risk Zone Hey Folks! Welcome to some new Weekend Reading about an important subject: navigating the retirement risk zone. This is another important subject to understand if you are considering semi-retirement like I am…

Weekend Reading – Yes, you can retire with your millions

Posted on September 16, 2023 by Mark | 13 Comments

Weekend Reading – Yes, you can retire with your millions Hi! Welcome to some new Weekend Reading…first up, a few recent posts and what folks commented on: I updated this post, wondering if investors should still own bonds right now? …

How long do stock market corrections last?

Posted on May 9, 2022 by Mark | 16 Comments

How long do stock market corrections last? These are not easy times to be an investor. Yet it’s important to remember that with investing what seems dire at the time can really be of huge benefit to you months or…

Beat The Bank like Larry Bates

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Mark | 75 Comments

Beat The Bank like Larry Bates Embrace wealth builders: amount, time, and rate of return. Added together, more money, more time to compound/grow and higher rates of return are ideal for investors. Steer far away from wealth killers: fees, taxation,…

Beat The Bank – Simply Successful Investing from Larry Bates

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Mark | 55 Comments

Beat The Bank – Simply Successful Investing from Larry Bates “Millions of Canadian investors are losing up to half of their retirement savings to decades of paying mutual fund fees. Most investors have no sense of the scale of this…