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Weekend Reading – Anonymous blogging, building dividend portfolios, COVID-19 budget impacts, and more #moneystuff

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Mark | 8 Comments

Weekend Reading – Anonymous blogging, building dividend portfolios, COVID-19 budget impacts, and more #moneystuff Hey Everyone, Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition where I share some of my favourite articles from the week that was across the personal finance…

The Best of 2015

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Mark | 13 Comments

Man, where the heck did 2015 go? #timewarp Overall, a great year in the My Own Advisor household. We have health, we have family, we have friends and we remain gainfully employed. It sounds so simple when I put it…

2014 Blog Year In Review – 500,000 pageviews

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Mark | 32 Comments

2014 was a fine year for My Own Advisor thanks to every reader and visitor. Today’s blogpost will highlight a few milestones for the site and share some reflections when it comes to my favourite posts for the year that…

2013 Blog Year In Review

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Mark | 18 Comments

2013 was a great year for My Own Advisor thanks to every reader and visitor. Today’s blogpost will highlight a few milestones for the site and share some reflections as part of this 2013 blog year in review. Site Traffic…

The Best of My Own Advisor – 2012

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Mark | 10 Comments

Happy New Year everyone! With some close friends, my wife and I rang-in the New Year at our place. It was a great night to celebrate the year that was with them and to toast our respective year ahead. We’re…

2012 Blog Year In Review

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Mark | 13 Comments

2012 was a great year for My Own Advisor blog thanks to every dedicated reader, the casual reader, anyone who took a few seconds to comment on my site and all the blogs who referred to and linked to My…

Weekend Reading – RRSPs for trips, Peter Hodson podcast and great blogs

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Mark | 14 Comments

Leading off this Weekend Reading list, I was surprised to learn recently that 6% of Canadians have taken money out of their RRSPs to fund a trip. Really? Hard to believe some folks are using a retirement account to take…

Weekend Reading – Giving thanks U.S. style, a good week and great blogs

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Mark | 19 Comments

It was a good week for My Own Advisor. Earlier this week, I learned one of my U.S. stocks increased their dividend, again, by almost 4%. On Tuesday, Dividend Stock Analysis mentioned yours truly as their investment blogger of…

Weekend Reading – Financial Literacy Month

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Mark | 11 Comments

Weekend Reading – Financial Literacy Month In support of Financial Literacy Month, I wrote about My Best Financial Tip and I managed to read a host of other articles on the same topic as well. Some of those articles are…