Uncalculated risks
There are no solutions, only trade-offs.Thomas SowellYou can only calculate risk in hindsight. You can't calculate actual risk going forward because you don't have the data yet. Things change. The…
These are posts about my journey to financial independence. I’ve made mistakes, like investing in expensive mutual funds and trying to time the market. But I’ve had successes too, like achieving financial independence and traveling around the world for a year.
Get to vs. Got to
This story starts about a year before that photo was taken.I stumbled into my sparsely furnished apartment tired, dirty, and hungry after a long day of hiking. I had moved…
Optimists, pessimists, and realists in life and investing
My last post, Why I am not a Bitcoin investor, sparked a surprisingly positive response both in and out of the comments section - thank you to those who reached…
A cold hard look at buying a house
The dream of home ownership is alive and well. It's such a vibrant dream, in fact, that it can take over common sense and make otherwise intelligent people do very dumb things.
What’s the point of wealth?
Please excuse the delay in blog posts. Things got a little hectic around here for a while. It all started with a belly ache. Anyone who has had kids knows…
An interview with the creator of Beating the TSX, David Stanley
I know a lot of our readers will be excited to hear your thoughts on a variety of topics, so thank you so much for spending this time with me.Thanks,…
I took a 90% pay cut and I couldn’t be happier
This past weekend, my wife and I did something we've never done before - we were vendors at a craft show here in Picton, Ontario. For years we'd dreamed of…
I went undercover: the truth about “free” financial seminars
I’m not one to pick a fight, but when good people are being taken advantage of, I’m also not one to sit around and let it happen. I had an…
The same blog . . . only better
I started DividendStrategy.ca almost three years ago with the first ever online Beating the TSX update. What was the motivation to start a blog? When I was asked to start…
It’s up to us to teach our kids about money: the 5 pillars of money mastery
Last week I wrote a post outlining the reasons why educating children about money in school is a failed concept. Like shoveling the driveway with a spoon in a…