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Week in Review – Market Rally

July 11th, 2010

Every weekend, we write a posting that summarizes interesting things happening in the blogosphere. It’s called “Week in Review” section.

Last week, news were starting to talk about end of the world, double-dip recession, etc. This week, we saw a big rally, it was the best weekly gain in nearly a year.

ETFGuide.com has a guide on how to bear market proof your portfolio. Although we had a big rally this week, we personally think we might have a bear market ahead.

The Financial Blogger had a couple things to consider when buying real estate. Property is, of course, always number one. What else?

The Intelligent Speculator had a tips on how to setup a dividend portfolio with as little as $5,000.

Canadian Capitalist was asking why we invest our own money. Should we just use professionals to manage our money?

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.

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