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Ocean Levels Ad From World Wildlife Fund
2007-05-23 08:26:00 I read about this ingenious anti-global warming billboard done by Draft FCB. The billboard is designed to face West such that as the sun sets, the shadow creates the illusion of rising water levels. More links: - Media In Canada - Save Our Climate More About: World , Wildlife , Ocean , Fund , World Wildlife Fund
Blog Updates: No Blog Is An Island
2007-05-22 19:01:00 My previous blog enhancements are paying off. Last week, Financial Jungle’s traffic improved from 47 hits/day to 52 hits/day. Not quite ground shaking, but respectable considering the lack of blogging tour participations. I hope the modest success is also feeding off to blogs on my Favorite Blog widget as well. As ... More About: Updates , Island
Jungle Bulletin: Around The Blogosphere
2007-05-18 18:48:00 Canadian Capitalist reviews the two bond ETFs offered by iShares: iShares CDN Bond Index Fund (XBB) and iShares CDN Short Bond Index Fund (XSB). In his article, Canadian Capitalist explains what investors should look for in a bond fund and offers a few links for further research. Frugal Trader from Million Dollar Journey outlines ... More About: Blogosphere , Jungle , Bulletin , Bullet , Here
I?m A Guilty IGM Shareholder
2007-05-17 18:05:00 The Dividend Guy is rightfully scolding IGM’s Investors Dividend fund for milking $291,117,000 a year in mutual fund fees. I’m both proud and guilty of being an IGM Financial shareholder. I’m proud because IGM has been steadily increasing revenues, profit margins, earnings and dividends, while maintaining Return on Invested Equity above 20%, and ... More About: Stocks , Investing , Mutual Funds , Guilt , Shareholder
How Much Does It Cost To Own A Dog?
2007-05-16 18:12:00 Introduction: My wife, Financial Jungle Gal, has written the following piece out of her own free-will. She’s been busy as a bee fixing up my goof-ups in every post - including this intro. To show a token of my appreciation, I’ve decided to share the fame with her. Please give ... More About: Cost , Much
Who?s Benefiting From Your Asset Allocation?
2007-05-15 17:41:00 Canadian Capitalist is graciously hosting the third Canadian Tour of Personal Finance Blogs. There is no way I am passing up this opportunity to be mentioned in his blog. This will be my second participation to this tour. Enjoy! Organizing your portfolio into neatly divided asset classes appears to be the sensible thing to ... More About: Taxes , Investing , Mortgage , Mutual Funds , Bene
10 Signs That You May Be a Blog Addict
2007-05-14 18:06:00 SearchRank recently wrote the 10 Sign s That You May Be a Blog Addict . I think I may in trouble. At the moment, it is a bit of an addiction to me, but I’m sure I’ll get over this a few months down the road. I hope. Here are some of my ...
Jungle Bulletin: Time Management, Gas-Saving Myths, And Unethical Investor
2007-05-13 08:59:00 Do you think it’s possible to accomplish the same amount of work with fewer hours? Timothy Ferriss claims he’s doing just that by applying the Pareto’s law to his sports-nutrition business. Gas is $1.36/L in parts of Vancouver. There are many gas-saving tips out there. Here’s an article to weed out the myths. Ian ... More About: Management , Time , Myths , Time Management , Investor
BMO. A Poster Child For Cash Flow Leverging?
2007-05-13 07:39:00 I’ve been noticing that a number of bloggers - including myself - are topping up their BMO positions as the stock is rattled by commodity trading losses. Money Diva initiated 400 shares of BMO earlier in the week. My own BMO position grew to 250 shares last week with a new adjusted cost ... More About: Taxes , Investing , Poster , Child , Ever
Debunk Passive Investing As The Holy Grail
2007-05-11 18:39:00 80% of actively managed mutual funds under-perform the benchmark over a long period. Although there is a truth to this adage, one has to peer beneath the surface instead of simply painting over the entire mutual fund spectrum with the same brush. There is always a flip side to a story. If you’re up ... More About: Investing , Mutual Funds , Sting , Rail , Pass
Human For Sale. How Much Are You Worth?
2007-05-10 19:21:00 I came across this funny little page to measure how much you’re worth. It’s not the typical Assets - Liabilities formula. Ever wonder how much money you could get on the open human market? Human ForSale .com will attempt to place a value on your life using a variety of criteria in 4 basic facets of life. ... More About: For Sale , Worth , Much
Blog Updates: 3 Touch Ups To Boost Readership
2007-05-10 18:49:00 For the past couple of weeks, FinancialJungle.com has been stuck at around 40+hits and 30 RSS feed readers. To increase traffics to the blog, I?ve implemented the following enhancements: Migrated permalinks to display the post titles instead of the post ids. According to some experts, search engines incorporate the URLs into their indexing. Made the ... More About: Blog , Updates , Touch , Ouch , Boost
How To Calculate Dividend Tax Credits
2007-05-10 17:38:00 This is a short little post to remind readers and myself how to calculate the dividend tax credits. Dividend Tax = (Grossed Up Dividends x Marginal Tax Rate) - (Grossed ... More About: Taxes , Late , Credits , Tax credit
Top 10 Exciting Semi-Retirement Jobs
2007-05-07 09:19:00 I had so much fun writing the Top 10 Reasons For Dividend Investing post that I decided to do another one for the Top 10 Exciting Semi -Retire ment Jobs . Many folks don’t know what they want to do with their retirement, but semi-retirement is a fabulous way to phase in by sampling the various possibilities ... More About: Tire
Second Canadian Tour of Personal Finance Blogs
2007-05-05 16:48:00 Please remember to visit on Monday for the second Canadian Tour of Personal Fianncial Blogs . You can find the list of participants at the Money Diva financial blog. Did you notice that Ellen Roseman from the Toronto Star is on the list too? There are a number of other top guns, such ... More About: Personal Finance , Finance
To Leverage Or Not? Take The Middle Of The Road
2007-05-04 17:48:00 Two of my most admired personal financial blogs are pressing the hot button on a very sensitive topic: leveraged investing. To read more on the lively discussions, check out The Canadian Capitalist and Million Dollar Journey. The pro-leverage group believes that when done properly, leveraging is an effective way to build wealth. ... More About: Taxes , Investing , Dividends , Middle , Ever
Real Estate Myth: Avoid The Most Expensive House In The Neighbourhood
2007-05-04 09:03:00 How many times have you been reminded of this adage? Presumably, the cheaper homes will somehow drag down the higher priced home. Or, cheaper homes have more room to catch up. When you think about it, expensive homes are expensive with good reasons. Perhaps they are situated on more desirable lots or ... More About: House , Estate , Real Estate , Housing , Most Expensive
Jungle Bulletin - Cheap Canadian Stocks, Free Will, Universal Life Insuranc
2007-05-03 18:04:00 Norm Rothery reveals a list of Canadian stocks that Benjamin Graham might like. Construct a will for free online. A quite mathematically detailed and negative critique of Canadian Universal Life Insurance programs. TSX Group will have to compete with a new trading system in 2008. I’m not pleased about this announcement as I hold shares in ... More About: Stocks , Free , Investing
Lottery Dream
2007-05-02 17:47:00 Always be nice to the people who play Lotto 6/49. You never know. Although I’m not a frequent lottery player myself, the story is always the same. Like a regular Joe, I put off my will planning, tax filing, oil change, dentist visits, and etcetera. You name it. Yet, whenever I buy ... More About: Lottery , Behaviour , Dream , Otter
TSX Group
2007-05-01 18:56:00 Just a quick update on my portfolio. I accumulated more shares to my existing TSX Group position today. The stock is down recently, because first-quarter profits of $0.53/share miss the consensus estimate by 3 cents. I don?t mind it as long as revenues are up 15% on stronger listing and market data ... More About: Stocks , Investing
BMO Is Feeling The Heat On Derivatives Losses
2007-04-30 17:49:00 The market has a magnifying glass over Bank of Montreal?s recent confession on its commodity trading losses, which will likely cut second quarter earnings by $350 million to $450 million, or around $0.50 per share. BMO has traditionally been a more conservative bank, so this news came as a surprise to shareholders. Credit ... More About: Stocks , Investing , Heat , Loss , Losses
Financial Jungle Blog Updates
2007-04-30 17:27:00 The Money Diva will feature Finan cial Jungle along with six other blogs on the second Canadian Tour of Personal Finance Blog s. I missed the deadline for the original tour, but I’m glad to be in the lineup this time. I have a few possible topics in mind, but I’m leaning toward something on ... More About: Updates
Jungle Bulletin
2007-04-28 09:53:00 Economists used to think consumers made rational purchasing decisions. But a new field of research is revealing neural forces that leave classical theorists scratching their heads. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce released a report predicting that Canadian house prices are likely to double over the next two decades. Most owned stocks by admired investment gurus. Money, Matters ... More About: Stocks , Investing , Housing , Spending , Behaviour
Jungle Bulletin
2007-04-28 09:53:00 Economists used to think consumers made rational purchasing decisions. But a new field of research is revealing neural forces that leave classical theorists scratching their heads. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce released a report predicting that Canadian house prices are likely to double over the next two decades. Most owned stocks by admired investment gurus. Money, Matters ... More About: Stocks , Investing , Housing , Jungle , Bulletin
Jungle Bulletin
2007-04-28 09:53:00 Economists used to think consumers made rational purchasing decisions. But a new field of research is revealing neural forces that leave classical theorists scratching their heads. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce released a report predicting that Canadian house prices are likely to double over the next two decades. Most owned stocks by admired investment gurus. Money, Matters ... More About: Stocks , Investing , Housing , Spending , Behaviour
New Deep Value Investor On BNN
2007-04-27 17:43:00 Value investors will be pleased to learn that Pat Naccarato, manager of the successful AIC Value fund, is now sharing his value wisdoms on the Market Call segment of BNN. Okay, I can hear some people giggling. BNN guests are often stereotyped as talking heads by many investment forums, but I believe each ... More About: Stocks , Investing , Investor , Mutual Funds , Deep
New Deep Value Investor On BNN
2007-04-27 17:43:00 Value investors will be pleased to learn that Pat Naccarato, manager of the successful AIC Value fund, is now sharing his value wisdoms on the Market Call segment of BNN. Okay, I can hear some people giggling. BNN guests are often stereotyped as talking heads by many investment forums, but I believe each ... More About: Stocks , Investing , Investor , Vest , Deep
New Deep Value Investor On BNN
2007-04-27 17:43:00 Value investors will be pleased to learn that Pat Naccarato, manager of the successful AIC Value fund, is now sharing his value wisdoms on the Market Call segment of BNN. Okay, I can hear some people giggling. BNN guests are often stereotyped as talking heads by many investment forums, but I believe each ... More About: Stocks , Investing , Investor , Mutual Funds , Deep
CMHC Fee Reduction
2007-04-26 18:52:00 I just learned homebuyers are finally getting some relief in the overheated real estate market. Effectively immediately, buyers with at least 20% down will not longer pay a dime for the CMHC insurance premium. “We believe that a great number of home buyers will benefit from this change and we are delighted to be ... More About: Insurance , Mortgage , Housing , Redu , Reduction
CMHC Fee Reduction
More articles from this author:2007-04-26 18:52:00 I just learned homebuyers are finally getting some relief in the overheated real estate market. Effectively immediately, buyers with at least 20% down will not longer pay a dime for the CMHC insurance premium, while buyers will less than 20% down will pay reduced premiums across the board. “We believe that a great number ... More About: Insurance , Mortgage , Housing , Redu , Reduction 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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