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The Making of a Millionaire - A Canadian Personal Finance Blog
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- After Tax Savings Rate - Oct 2007
Since joining the blog world, I have discovered that we have quite the few frugal Canadian bloggers out there. I thought I was pretty frugal, but there are others who are saving much more than me. For example, I came across a post by The MoneyGardner and how his household after tax savings rate is [...]
Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:30:28 +0000 - How has Million Dollar Journey affected me?
I was reading Clever Dude the other day where he posted about how his blog has affected him. I thought it was an interesting topic so I thought I would borrow the idea. Million Dollar Journey has actually had a big influence on my financial life. The original goal of the blog was to help me [...]
Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:30:44 +0000 - Win a Copy of “An American Hedge Fund”
Timothy Sykes was generous enough to offer MDJ readers FIVE autographed copies of "An American Hedge Fund". I did a book review on "An American Hedge Fund" last Monday, it's a true story of how a young trader started with around $12,000 and transformed it to around $2 million in a few short years. The [...]
Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:30:01 +0000 - Best of Million Dollar Journey: Sept 2007
I usually like to pay tribute to the top articles of the month on MDJ. I'm a little late this time around, but we have a good few articles that I think are worth another read. Best of Million Dollar Journey: Sept 2007 1. Smith Manoeuvre Mortgage Comparison II - Top Pick (56 comments) This is Melanie's [...]
Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:30:46 +0000 - An Early Retirement Update from QCash
Since our last interview QCash, the guy who retired @ age 36 with a net worth of over $2 million, we have received a tremendous response from readers looking for more info on the early retiree. I've contacted QCash and he has kindly taken the time to write an update on his early retirement. Thank you [...]
Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:30:46 +0000 - Credit Card Arbitrage with App-o-Rama
In Sept, I wrote about Credit Card Arbitrage in Canada. Since writing that article, App-o-Rama.org has contacted me to do a paid review of their free service that they're offering to U.S residents to help them maximize credit card arbitrage. Even though the credit cards and saving accounts that they recommend are U.S based, the [...]
Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:30:46 +0000 - An Interview with Trader and Author Timothy Sykes
Yesterday I wrote a positive book review on Timothy Sykes newest project "An American Hedge Fund". As his story is quite amazing, I was interested in interviewing Mr. Sykes to get some of the inside scoop. Thankfully, Timothy has taken some time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions. If you have [...]
Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:30:24 +0000 - Book Review: An American Hedge Fund
Timothy Sykes and his self made publishing company, BullShip Press, has kindly sent me a preliminary version of his new book "An American Hedge Fund". For those of you who don't know the name Timothy Sykes, you may recognize him from the various TV appearances on CNBC - WallStreet Warriors. An American Hedge Fund is a [...]
Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:30:05 +0000 - Sept 2007 Net Worth Update (+2.27%)
It’s time again for my monthly net worth update - The Sept 2007 edition. The first net worth update of the fall and we're off to a good start. After a slow summer, September was good to us and gave us a +2.27% increase in net worth. Although our liabilities remained the same, the net worth [...]
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:30:22 +0000 - How Convertible Bond Arbitrage Works II
Yesterday, Preet Banerjee from WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com explained the basics behind convertible bonds. Today he will continue to explain how convertible bond arbitrage works along with some case studies. Okay, so yesterday we explained the CONCEPT of convertible bonds. Let’s quickly define Arbitrage: Arbitrage Arbitrage is when you are long and short two related securities (or the [...]
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:30:39 +0000 - How Convertible Bond Arbitrage Works I
I've always been interested in low risk arbitrage in the stock market, but haven't done much research on the topic. Luck may have it, Preet Banerjee a Bay Street Trader and blogger from WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com, has written a great article for us describing convertible bond artibtrage. I’m very excited that FrugalTrader has asked me to write [...]
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:30:30 +0000 - Which Spouse Should Claim the Investment Loan?
I received an email from Geoff last week regarding which spouse should claim the investment loan when performing a strategy like the Smith Manoeuvre. Here is the original question: What I am wondering about is when you are a couple, what is the best strategy or getting the best tax return from the interest paid on the [...]
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:30:18 +0000 - The Breast is Best
As we are getting to the stage of our marriage where we are starting to think about kids, we are starting to think about the various financial impacts of having a newborn. From what I've heard from other parents, newborns aren't that expensive, it's when they get to the teen years that things get tangly. You're [...]
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:30:32 +0000 - Carnivals, Mortgages Rates and More!
The weekend is near and it's time for some great articles and information tidbits from around the web: Money Matter and More Musings has hosted this weeks Carnival of Personal Finance. As per usual, a lot of quality finance articles were posted. I submitted my article on How Bond/GIC Ladders work. With the 5 yr bond rates [...]
Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:30:47 +0000 - Reader Mail: Fixing my Past Spending Mistakes…
The reader mail just keep rolling in, if I haven't gotten to your email question yet, I will get to you soon. Today's story is from Sean, a Vancouver BC native. From his email, it seems that he was a free money spender in his younger years (like a lot of us). However, Sean at [...]
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