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?

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.

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.

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.

MarketClub Videos published a video earlier in the week that they pulled the trigger on the Dow, meaning they close positions on the Dow Jones. As we saw in the market last week, Dow Jones Industrial Average losses more than 700 points in a week, the worse loss since 2008.

Marketplace explained what’s currently happening in Europe’s sovereign debt problem. As always, senior editor Paddy Hirsch explained in an easy way; even people without financial knowledge should be able to understand it.

Counterparty risk from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Million Dollar Journey compared advantages and disadvantages between owning a “real” rental property versus owning REIT (Real Estate Income Trust).

Canadian Dream: Free at 45 questioned us, what should we pay for a house? He introduced four percent rule, i.e. our proposed house value times by 4%, divide the result by 12.  That should be our monthly mortgage payment.

Canadian Capitalist had an excellent article about currency hedging. Is currency hedging really necessary?

ETFDb.com has a list of 10 common mistakes ETF investors should avoid. One of them is, no surprise, liquidity. ETFDb.com suggested that we should invest in ETFs that has at least 25,000 average daily volume and $2 million in notional volume.

Seth Godin has some advices on buying a house since everybody seems to be buying a house today. He suggested not to buy a bigger house just because of social power and self-esteem. We shouldn’t buy a house if doing so will keep us in credit card debt.

Million Dollar Journey has adviced us not to get trapped in 5-year fixed mortgage. We should always go to variable-rate mortgage or short-term mortgage.

Canadian Couch Potato had an explanation on why international ETFs show large tracking errors.

The Financial Blogger shared his experience on things you should to while negotiating the price of your house (while selling).

Canadian Capitalist explained on how US Estate Tax changes will affect Canadians.

Marketplace had a very nice video explaining SEC’s fraud allegations against Goldman Sachs. Senior editor Paddy Hirsch tried to explain it in a very easy way using an analogy of a horse race.

SEC goes after Goldman from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Million Dollar Journey had an alternative to retirement income ETF portfolio. What ETFs to own to earn high-dividend yield while preserving our capital.

Canadian Dream: Free at 45 had some ideas what to do when interest rates hike later this year. As indicated by Canadian Mortgage Trends, there was a report from Canadian Big 5 Banks that we might see 2.75% interest rate hike by end of next year. Better be prepared.

Intelligent Speculator has a series of “Google’s next billion dollar business”. How about getting more profits from Google’s free services, such as YouTube and Android? He also mentioned the possibility of Google to become financial data provider and financial research.

Canadian Couch Potato has two postings about tracking errors on Canadian ETFs. His analysis on iShares ETFs can be found here; while his analysis on Claymore ETFS can be found here.

Michael Johnston from EtfDatabase gave his takes on five important metrics to consider before purchasing ETF, i.e. 1) expense ratio, 2) index methodology, 3) depth of holdings, 4) tracking error and 5) tax efficiency.

The Big Picture is comparing anatomy of a crash: 2009 vs 1907. It suggests that we’ll have a big correction and then go side ways for about 2 years.

Canadian Capitalist had a peek on Warren Buffett’s personal portfolio. Apparently Buffett is holding mostly US large-cap companies that pay dividend.

Canadian Capitalist highlighted the fact that Canadian investors are being overweight in the Canadian market because of lowering risk of currency fluctuation and tax benefit, i.e. dividends from Canadian stocks receive favourable tax treatment.

Canadian Dream: Free at 45 discussed about hydrogen fuel cell as one of the alternatives of clean energy solutions.

Canadian Personal Finance Blog shared his top 5 investing regrets for us so. He hopes we can learn from them and not make the same mistakes.

Michael James on Money explained how “washing trades” works.

Million Dollar Journey had a couple of questions and answers about annuities, e.g. what the advantages and disadvantages are.

Canadian Couch Potato compared bond vs. bond funds. Which one should you own?

Intelligent Speculator had a list of best dividend stock picks for April 2010. Previously, he had also a list of best dividend ETFs.

The Financial Blogger about 6 reasons why he will not use a real estate agent to sell his house.

Marketplace published a video explaining about CLO (Collateralized Loan Obligations) by Paddy Hirsch. Want to know more about CLO, CDO (Collateralized Debt Obligations) or CMO (Collateralized Mortgage Obligations)?

The Financial Blogger presented the richest country in the world in terms of GDP per capita. Apparently, the “richest country” is Qatar, followed by Luxembourg and Norway.

Intelligent Speculator had his ETF picks for BRIC countries. His picks are BIK, EEB, BKF, BRIS and BRIL.

Million Dollar Journey explained how capital gains tax work within a corporation. How to extract money from a corporation in a tax efficient manner?

Canadian Capitalist had a brilliant posting on how to convert from Canadian Dollar to US Dollar (and vice versa) in a cheap way, i.e. by buying buying stocks in TSX and sell the same stocks in NYSE.