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.

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.

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.