Posted by Canadian Dream on August 27, 2010
Lack of sleep from crying kid? Check. Out of coffee except for decaf? Check. Dentist appointment this morning? Check. I hope your morning is going better than mine. Happy Friday! Now onto the links.
Larry McDonald provides a interesting read and story on the history of Employee Stock Ownership Plans.
Get Rich Slowly shares why he buys local. I personally like the debate towards the end of the positive and negative points of buying local.
Early Retirement Extreme talks about slaying the ‘enough’ dragon. I battle my ‘more is better’ dragon at least a few times a week. Also I can’t resist this post about what is happening to the middle class and why to teach your kids to avoid debt.
Million Dollar Journey points out the downsides of owning REITs, which made a few good points. I personally like them because I’m lazy and don’t want to be stuck in a single real estate market.
If you ever had to track the adjusted cost base (ACB) for a stock you know how much of a pain in the ass that can be. Well to your rescue came the Canadian Capitalist with his spreadsheet. Go get a copy if you need it.
For those truly geeky people that love following every little change in legislation the official notice of changes to the CPP that will take affect in 2012 and 2014.
An interesting article that looks at the stats behind how much do you need to retire.
Tim Ferriss, author of the Four Hour Workweek, takes about the publishing industry and how authors make money (or lack there of). This came about after Seth Godin recently announced that he will no longer use traditional publishing. It’s all rather interesting to see an industry in transition.
Posted by Canadian Dream on August 13, 2010
Welcome to another Wander Reading which is a series of links to material I found interesting in the last week or two.
A great post over at Million Dollar Journey on Why the Economy is Not Relevant to Investors.
JD talks about Life After Debt, which involves a fair bit of spending along with all that saving.
Larry McDonald warns people about his Spam Filter Woes. I deal with this a bit more easily, I never check my spam filtered comments unless someone emails me saying they had an issue. Life is too short to even look at spam.
Want to eat more cheaply? Eat what you already have and check out More on Reducing Food Waste.
BMO is calling on the government to spend, while Kevin Page tells them they might not even spend what they previously planned. The joys of confusion, are you glad your not the government?
In case you saving didn’t turn out as planned here is How to Retire Comfortably on Under $1500/month.
Trent show us How Not to Fail at Frugality.
This post has some surprising stats on the number of people that go back to school, apparently Back to School Isn’t Just for Kids anymore.
The Financial Blogger wonders about the Next Bubble to Collapse; The Canadian Housing Market. My personal opinion on will we collapse? No. Market correction? Hell YES! How big? Damn good question and it will heavily depend on where you live.
Retired Syd asked How Much Money Do You Need to Feel Rich? About $1000/year. Why? Because about half the world lives on less than that.
Posted by Canadian Dream on July 30, 2010
Since I’ve been on vacation I basically ignored my feed reader account until just the last couple of days. So here is a list of post I found interesting as I’ve been getting caught up on my reading.
Apparently people still don’t get how RESP account work and take advantage of it, according to this article.
Jonathan Chevreau find out most Canadians aren’t planning for retirement despite the fact they think they should be.
Larry McDonald stirs up the pot with a index controversy and finds a study which says the majority of us will be just fine in retirement with no extra savings (ya right).
Preet is giving away another iPad and some gold.
Zen Habits has a good one on how to simplify when you love your stuff.
The Financial Blogger points out ways to make money online without blogging.
Early Retirement Extreme has an interesting guest post from In the Trenches on extreme situations.
A good post about using LinkedIn to not blow up your career. Good points that I’ll have to keep in mind as I haven’t joined it yet.
Have a good long weekend everyone – Tim
