Well, a busy week on My Own Advisor. Thanks to Avrom’s killer work this site got a new look and is running faster than ever. I hope you liked the reveal folks…!
It’s time to nominate your favourite blogs and bloggers for the 4th Annual Plutus Awards. The awards ceremony, hosted by Kevin from Thousandaire and Rewards Boost, will be held in St. Louis on October 17th at the U.S. Financial Blogger Conference. I encourage you to vote for My Own Advisor here in any of these categories: Best Investing-Focused Personal Finance Blog, Best Canadian Personal Finance Blog, Best Designed Personal Finance Blog or any other relevant category 🙂
Thanks for your continued support. I enjoy running the site, I hope you enjoy reading and stopping by.
Congratulations to Axel for winning the autographed copy of The Behavior Gap by Carl Richards. Hopefully the book will make its way overseas to him in one piece. It’s nice to hear from readers in Switzerland and beyond. Thanks to everyone who stopped by the blog and entered the giveaway. Maybe I’ll do another one this fall.
Enjoy the Weekend Reading list and take care.
Dividend Tactics wrote about developing a financial plan.
Tom Drake said you can kill your mortgage faster by doing this.
Avrex Money wrote about the Piotroski F-Score. No, I’m not swearing at you. Avrex told us about this professor and his fundamentals regarding how to measure a company for investment purposes.
Passive Income Earner helped us understand stock splits.
Y&T posted her net worth.
Retire Happy wrote about something not so happy but important, the duties of an executor. This post was a great overview and something that I will bookmark.
My buddy over at Million Dollar Journey wrote about 5 advantages regarding dividend investing.
Dividend Mantra made a recent buy, on his way to retiring at age 40.
Mr. CBB wrote about a busted monthly budget.
BrighterLife told us how our pension plans will likely change over time.
Michael James was a bit skeptical about an email he got offering him a return of 9000% per day. I think if the email was more realistic, like 90% return per day, he just might bite at the chance.
Canadian Capitalist told us about some high interest savings accounts available from discount brokers.
Boomer & Echo celebrated 3 years of blogging success. Congrats and I hope they continue their great work.
Miranda on Prairie Eco-Thrifter shared 5 investing mistakes to avoid.
Big Cajun Man wondered about found money. I certainly haven’t found cash lately…
You can find out more about the true cost of owning a car at Modest Money.
Canadian Mortgage News said uptrending rates aren’t the time to gamble.
Steve from GroceryAlerts.ca offered some advice to ditch your landline, something my wife and I are thinking about actually.
Ben Carlson told us how to create a common sense investment plan. I hope to offer a few takeaways from Ben’s short ebook here next week.
Why would anyone pay an advisor to manage their index funds? Rick Ferri has some reasons and I think this one is the best – put space between you and your investments so you don’t make any emotional decisions.
Larry MacDonald has an update on the returns for the One-Minute Portfolio. Pretty good returns for just 2 ETFs.
Thank you all! I really appreciate the feedback and support. I’m also pleased with the redesign, and most importantly that Mark’s site runs really well now. 🙂
Cheers
Avrom
Very cool, I didn’t know Avrom designed your site. Good job Avrom! I have never really participated in the Plutus awards, but maybe I should start.
I’ve never been at the top of the (nomination) list Daisy but I figured it was worth promoting anyhow. Wish me luck!?
Wonderful design…clean, sharp and quite inviting 🙂
Appreciate the mention.
Thanks very much! No sweat about the mention 🙂
Steve, you’re giving me some incentive now…. That’s about our landline budget ($40 x 12).
Thanks for the shout-out, Mark! You’ve been such a great supporter on this long blogging journey and it’s very much appreciated.
Enjoy your weekend!
No sweat Robb, keep up the great work.
I think you made a wise choice to update your blog it looks fantastic. I can’t wait to roll mine out… soon, very soon. 🙂 Have a great weekend Mark.. cheers mate for the mention.
Thanks Mr. CBB. Are you doing all the work yourself?
The new site looks great Mark! Thanks for the inclusion.
Thanks Kyle. Chat again soon. Have a great weekend.
Thanks for the shout-out of my ebook. New design looks great.
Thanks Ben. After my first beer this weekend, I will get into your book on the deck. 🙂
Mark,
Lovin’ the new look! Very clean. Looks like Avrom did a great job here!
Thanks for the mention. Always much appreciated.
Best wishes!
Thanks Mantra! What’s the next stock purchase? Is real estate coming down in price (again) in the US?
Mark,
Picked up some Altria yesterday.
I think REITs will continue to be weak as interest rates rise, but I’ll keep picking up opportunities as prices come down.
Take care!
I agree, I think REITs will be weak for some time to come.
Thanks for the inclusion have a wonderful weekend.