Investing

This is a quick post to tell you that once again the RRSP contribution deadline for this year is March 1, 2010.
I’ve created separate pages for RRSP contribution deadlines and contribution limits which you can see here:

RRSP deadlines
RRSP contribution limits

In the RRSP deadline post you can look up the contribution limits for the next five [...]

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At the beginning of this year I entered into battle with some other bloggers to pick the top 4 hot stocks of 2009. My picks basically reflected a gamble on oil prices going up since I picked a bunch of junior oil companies.
BCF.to – Bronco Energy. Purchase price $1.27.
HOC.to – Holly Corp Purchase price [...]

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Almost 3 years ago I started up a leveraged investing plan which involved borrowing money using an investment loan (home equity line of credit) to invest in dividend stocks.  I wrote extensively about this process (see list at the bottom of page).  Over time I have seen this account go through some unbelievable volatility, have [...]

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One and a half years ago I did a post about Labour vs. Investment Income and Mike did a post about Do You Really Earn Your Investment Income? The point of both of our posts was that there is an expected investment return (ROI) that an investor can’t really take credit for.  If you match [...]

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We recently received the following question by e-mail:

Hi Mr. Cheap, I just wanted to get your opinion on this theory and if you think its wortwhile in the long run. The theory goes like this; for every dollar you have in a trading in account, you can borrown a dollar on top of that. [...]

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There’s probably a decent chance this post will make you angry.  Feel free to skip it if you want to stay in a good mood.  If you decide to read it anyway and are looking for ways to vent your anger, insulting the author (Mr. Cheap) or announcing that you’ve unsubscribed to our feed are [...]

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On Tuesday I posted about Beginning Investment Strategies to Consider, and as promised, in this post I’ll detail investing strategies I think beginner investors should avoid.
There are countless people who want to get your money for a “can’t lose” investment.  I’ll try to talk about general “warning signs”, but inherently this is a topic that [...]

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I’ve commented before about how dangerous it is to give investment advice to friends and family.  I keep running into people who are very bright individuals in other areas of their life, but just throw up their hands in frustration and give up when it comes to managing their money.  Never one to learn from [...]

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Three years ago I got into P2P lending (through Prosper) with an American friend of mine (she could open the account, whereas I couldn’t).  This is a summary of my experiences.
Three years is a reasonable length of time to get a feel for a new investment vehicle like this, as this is the time length [...]

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At the end of this post there will be a technique for getting a MASSIVE ROI on your investment.  Truth be told, this can be pushed a little further and get an infinite ROI.  Much like having to eat your vegetables before desert, you’re not allowed to skip to the end of the post (and [...]

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I entered into a stock picking contest with some other bloggers – who shall rue the day they decided to do battle with Four Pillars! 
Traditionally, the only way to do well with stock picking contests is to swing for the fences and hope for the best.  With that in mind I picked 4 [...]

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A great way to invest is to make regular investments.  Million Dollar Journey recently outlined 4 ways to invest small amounts of money each month, all of which are solid and worth considering.  I agree with his 1% rule (the trading commission should never exceed 1% of the value of the trade), which can make [...]

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I know this is a bit late but I finally got around to calculating my 2008 portfolio return. For some reason this year I was not as motivated to know how much money I made..lost.
Given that most markets went down at least 30% we did quite well with only a 17% drop.
Canadian Capitalist has [...]

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This is actually my second post entitled “Incentive“, but the previous post was from almost two years ago (on my first blog), and I think I can express more clearly what I was trying to say back then.
It’s not terribly enlightening to assert that the threat of punishment or the promise of reward goes a [...]

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I recently read John T. Reed’s “How to Buy Real Estate for at Least 20% Below Market Value” (Vol. 1) and enjoyed it.  He warns that the book is only applicable for buying in America (and actually refuses to sell it internationally, an American friend got it for me for Christmas).  He’s right that the [...]

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