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Week in Review – June 24 – July 3

July 3rd, 2010

First of all, apology for not updating our blog regularly. We have been very busy looking for a house in the last couple of weeks. We have viewed about 15 houses or so. Although we have not put an offer yet, but we are getting very close. Hopefully, we can put an offer soon.

Every weekend, we write a posting that summarizes interesting things happening in the blogosphere. It’s called “Week in Review” section. Here is the list of what’s happening this week. Sorry that we missed last week’s “Week in Review” because we went out of country.

Vanguard released a tutorial video about 5 lessons every investors should know. This one is actually from the previous week, but we included here because it is very interesting.

Invest with an Edge discussed one of the important aspects of investing, i.e. asset allocation. How should we allocate our asset.

Million Dollar Journey had a list of formulas that every landlord should know. Do you know capitalization rate, cash on cash return and return on investment?

The Intelligent Investor had suggestion on how to build fixed income portfolio with ETFs. It might be a good idea to have a significant amount of fixed income in our portfolio these days because the stock market is predicted to go lower.

The Financial Blogger were asking whether 55 years old is too late for retirement planning?

WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com started an experiment, called WikiLoonie, an Wiki experiment for Canadian investors.

Week in Review – May 22 – 28

May 30th, 2010

Every weekend, we write a posting that summarizes interesting things happening in the blogosphere. It’s called “Week in Review” section. Here is the list of what’s happening this week. Sorry that we missed last week’s “Week in Review” because we went out of country.

Intelligent Speculator highlighted the big news of last week, i.e. Apple has surpassed Microsoft in term of market capitalization.

Canadian Capitalist mentioned saving account at two financial institutions that offer higher interest rate than the big banks. They are Ally (owned by GMAC) and People Trust.

Million Dollar Journey compared investing in residential versus commercial real estate. Which one is better?

WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com had some tips on how to check the background of your financial advisors.

The Big Picture had a technical analysis chart of S&P 500 and mentioned a possible head-and-shoulder pattern, which could lead to a bigger pullback to 870 level.

ETF Database had an interesting posting why emerging market bonds might be safer than developed market bonds.

Week in Review – March 8 – 14

May 15th, 2010

Every weekend, we write a posting that summarizes interesting things happening in the blogosphere. It’s called “Week in Review” section. Here is the list of what’s happening this week.

ETF Database gave 3 ETFs that have low correlation to S&P 500, i.e. EWM, THD and ECH. You should consider them if you want diversification.

Canadian Couch Potato had some tips of trading ETFs, especially when we had “technical glitch” like what we had recently in May 6 where Dow Jones dropped almost 1,000 points in about 15 minutes.

Canadian Capitalist had similar a list of dos and don’ts in trading ETFs. It is also for the same purpose, just in case we had another “technical glitch” in the future.

Million Dollar Journey had an article on how to save money on your phone call by using VoIP (Voice over IP).

The Financial Blogger had some ideas on how to spend your tax refunds.

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