This is a guest post penned by Shishir Nigam. I met Shishir a few years ago while giving some presentations at the University of Toronto. Now, he is the Founder of ActiveETFs | InFocus (http://etfshub.com), the only site on the web providing focused coverage of Actively-Managed ETFs. He is also Chief Editor at Young & [...]
iShares Now Commission-Free For Yanks with Fidelity
I just saw an ad on TV for Fidelity’s trading accounts (available in the United States only). What was interesting is that they are now offering commission free trading on 25 of some of the most popular iShares ETFs. Charles Schwab also offers commission-free trading on their own lineup of proprietary ETFs, but I don’t [...]
A Lap Of The Blogs
If you are new to WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com, every Friday I run a post called “A Lap Of The Blogs” which provides links to articles I found interesting and think that others may want to read for themselves. I also sometimes include some commentary on what’s going on in my personal life and a weekly “racing video” [...]
GIVEAWAY: Two Copies of QuickTax Standard from Intuit
A representative for Intuit contacted me last night to offer up two copies of Intuit’s QuickTax Standard (handles up to 8 returns) for a giveaway on the blog. With the deadline for filing your taxes coming up I thought I would agree to the giveaway if they would explain exactly how they can guarantee the [...]
New Mortgage Rules For Canadians Starting April 19th 2010
Jim Flaherty announced changes to mortgage rules in Canada on February 16th, 2010 which are to take effect on April 19th, 2010. Here is a list of the changes: Borrowers will be tested on their ability to make payments on a five year fixed-rate mortgage, even though they may choose different terms (e.g. a three [...]
New Firm Focusing On Reducing Currency Conversion Fees For Canadians
Canadians can pay as much as 2.5% in currency conversion fees which are hidden in what is known as “the spread”. If you are a small business and you convert $5,000,000 per year between US dollars and the loonie, a 2.5% spread means your bank earned roughly $125,000 before costs (which I think we can [...]
A Lap Of The Blogs
If you are new to WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com, every Friday I run a post called “A Lap Of The Blogs” which provides links to articles I found interesting and think that others may want to read for themselves. I also sometimes include some commentary on what’s going on in my personal life and a weekly “racing video” [...]
Home Bias
I was speaking to some American financial advisors once and we started talking about geographic diversification. I mentioned that it wasn’t uncommon for Canadians to have extreme home biases, and many Canadians only invest in Canadian stocks. They said the same thing for American investors. Considering that the US has traditionally been 50% of the [...]
Guest Article: DSC Index Funds
This is a another guest article by Jim Stark. Jim Stark is a pseudonym for a practicing Canadian financial advisor. Why are there no DSC Index Funds? On one hand, pretty much any advisor knows that there is no such thing as a DSC index fund and why that is so. On the other hand, [...]
A Lap Of The Blogs
If you are new to WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com, every Friday I run a post called “A Lap Of The Blogs” which provides links to articles I found interesting and think that others may want to read for themselves. I also sometimes include some commentary on what’s going on in my personal life and a weekly “racing video” [...]
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