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Read more about the article Retirees are leaving money on the table

Retirees are leaving money on the table

You’ve worked hard for your money.  You’ve accumulated wealth by being responsible with your spending and saving decisions.  Why?  So that you can use that money to enjoy a long,…

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  • Post published:October 21, 2022
  • Post category:DIY Investing/Investor learning/Investor psychology
  • Post comments:10 Comments
Read more about the article Get to vs. Got to

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…

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  • Post published:October 7, 2022
  • Post category:Investor psychology/Personal stories
  • Post comments:12 Comments
Read more about the article How to think about bear markets

How to think about bear markets

I heard someone smarter than me say on a podcast recently, "We don't react to the events in our lives.  We react to our interpretation of those events."  He was…

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  • Post published:September 24, 2022
  • Post category:DIY Investing/Investor learning/Investor psychology
  • Post comments:12 Comments
Read more about the article Optimists, pessimists, and realists in life and investing

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…

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  • Post published:September 10, 2022
  • Post category:DIY Investing/Investor psychology/Personal stories
  • Post comments:9 Comments
Read more about the article Why I am not a Bitcoin investor

Why I am not a Bitcoin investor

I have been slow to get on the Bitcoin train.  OK, actually I've kept a safe distance and watched that shiny Bitcoin engine gain speed and momentum, hurtling through space,…

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  • Post published:August 20, 2022
  • Post category:DIY Investing/Investor learning
  • Post comments:8 Comments
Read more about the article Life is like a jar of golf balls

Life is like a jar of golf balls

Here is an apocryphal story for you.  Its veracity may be questionable, but its impact and utility are not.  A university professor enters a classroom full of students carrying a box…

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  • Post published:August 6, 2022
  • Post category:DIY Investing/Investor psychology
  • Post comments:14 Comments
Read more about the article BTSX 2022 mid-year update:  a light in the dark

BTSX 2022 mid-year update: a light in the dark

Confidence is one of biggest challenges in investing.  Too little and you're paralyzed, impressionable, and ineffective.  Too much leads to poor judgment, risky tactics, and devastating outcomes.  The worst part…

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  • Post published:July 3, 2022
  • Post category:Beating the TSX/Dividend investing/Investor learning
  • Post comments:11 Comments
Read more about the article A cold hard look at buying a house

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.

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  • Post published:June 24, 2022
  • Post category:money and family/Personal stories
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Read more about the article Comparing CPP at 60 vs. 65 vs. 70 . . . The results might surprise you

Comparing CPP at 60 vs. 65 vs. 70 . . . The results might surprise you

There are some questions that are difficult for DIY investors to answer themselves.  One that comes up fairly frequently when I mentor people who are close to retirement is when…

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  • Post published:June 11, 2022
  • Post category:DIY Investing/Investor learning/Retirement
  • Post comments:23 Comments
Read more about the article The dividend trap: what it is and how to avoid it

The dividend trap: what it is and how to avoid it

A reader asks: I’m a 62 year old business owner looking at retirement in the next few years, trying to figure out what kind of portfolio is going to provide…

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  • Post published:June 5, 2022
  • Post category:Dividend investing/DIY Investing
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