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.

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.

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.

Canadian Capitalist wrote a posting that summarizes Budget 2010 from Department of Finance, Canada.

Canadian Personal Finance Blog wrote his tips to do his taxes using QuickTax.

Michael James on Money highlighted the fax that life insurance that we received from our employers are not actually “free” –> it’s even too expensive.

Million Dollar Journey had a very nice article how to achieve financial wealth. You just need to know yourself to achieve financial success.

WhereDoesAllMyMoney.com had a video interview with Michael Moore, the director of Capitalism: A Love Story movie.

Intelligent Speculator wrote a summary of China ETFs. Do you prefer FXI, PGJ or GXC?

The Financial Blogger highlighted the fact that nobody could predict the interest rate in Canada by end of this year. One expert said the interest rate could be as low as 0.25%; another expert said the interest rate could be as high as 2.25%.