Archive for the ‘Week in Review’ category

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.

Week in Review – March 1 – 7

May 8th, 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.

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?

Week in Review – April 17–24

April 25th, 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.

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.

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