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    Inflation and Investing - What Changes
    Smart Investing
    • Apr 29
    • 2 min

    Inflation and Investing - What Changes

    There has been a lot of talk about inflation recently and the impact on investment strategies. For many investors, they have never lived...
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    Buy Now – Pay Later.  If you’re careful, it can actually be a GOOD idea.
    Smart Investing
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Buy Now – Pay Later. If you’re careful, it can actually be a GOOD idea.

    The concept of breaking up payments into smaller amounts over time isn’t new. Starting in England in the 1100s, mortgages were invented...
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    Bitcoin Mining – How it Works and Is It for You?
    Smart Investing
    • Jul 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    Bitcoin Mining – How it Works and Is It for You?

    It is no secret that I’ve been fascinated with Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining and have written a couple of posts about Bitcoin, including one...
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    How to Get Out from under the Burden of Credit Card Debt
    Smart Investing
    • May 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    How to Get Out from under the Burden of Credit Card Debt

    It is a very unusual person who has never experienced credit card debt. According to Valuepenguin.com 45.4% of American households in...
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    Free Vacation – with a Timeshare Presentation – Is it a SCAM?
    Smart Investing
    • Jan 16, 2021
    • 3 min

    Free Vacation – with a Timeshare Presentation – Is it a SCAM?

    You’ve probably seen the ads for a trip to the Caribbean at an unbelievable price or get a call for a free weekend getaway at a resort. ...
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    The Market is Overheated!  Is it time to Sell?
    Smart Investing
    • Dec 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Market is Overheated! Is it time to Sell?

    The Dow Industrials reached a milestone earlier this month, passing the 30,000 level. Given the volatility in the market over the last...
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    The Effect of Leverage on Returns AKA There IS a Time that more Debt is Good.
    Smart Investing
    • Oct 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Effect of Leverage on Returns AKA There IS a Time that more Debt is Good.

    Sometimes more debt is good. When you make an investment, more debt generally means a higher return on investment.
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    Arbitrage – A REAL Get Rich Quick Scheme
    Smart Investing
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Arbitrage – A REAL Get Rich Quick Scheme

    Get rich quick through arbitrage
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    Free-trading Apps –The Best Thing Ever or the Worst Thing Ever?
    Smart Investing
    • Jul 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    Free-trading Apps –The Best Thing Ever or the Worst Thing Ever?

    Free trading Apps, like Robin Hood in the US and Weathsimple Trade in Canada, have risen to popularity, especially with young investors...
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    How to Get Started in Investing
    Smart Investing
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    How to Get Started in Investing

    On our website, we talk about why a young person should invest and give advice on what investment vehicle to use. However, we know that...
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    Wait!  Didn’t you say that Governments can’t just print money?  What’s going on now?
    Smart Investing
    • May 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    Wait! Didn’t you say that Governments can’t just print money? What’s going on now?

    In a previous post we talked about why governments cannot just print money. You can read the post here but essentially we explain very...
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    What’s Happening to Oil Prices?
    Smart Investing
    • Apr 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    What’s Happening to Oil Prices?

    While the Covid-19 crisis has been affecting everything in the economy and the world, the oil price story has been interesting and...
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    When do the markets hit bottom? What we can learn from previous market crashes?
    Smart Investing
    • Mar 20, 2020
    • 6 min

    When do the markets hit bottom? What we can learn from previous market crashes?

    The declines and volatility in the markets have been painful for anyone with a retirement plan or stock holdings and that means most...
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    What we can learn from the 2008 Financial Crisis – 2020 Update
    Smart Investing
    • Mar 6, 2020
    • 8 min

    What we can learn from the 2008 Financial Crisis – 2020 Update

    Two years ago (February 2018), we published an article about the 2008 Financial crisis and the crash in the stock market that followed...
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    Will the Corona Virus make markets sick?
    Smart Investing
    • Jan 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    Will the Corona Virus make markets sick?

    Corona Virus is in the news lately and stock market declines are being blamed on reports of the virus spreading beyond China. North...
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    What makes a currency strong?
    Smart Investing
    • Dec 12, 2019
    • 3 min

    What makes a currency strong?

    I was speaking to a friend the other day. He’d just been to China as was mentioning that the Chinese Yuan was a “weak” currency as it...
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    How do Canadian Elections affect the Market?
    Smart Investing
    • Oct 31, 2019
    • 1 min

    How do Canadian Elections affect the Market?

    I know we are late with this but the recent elections made us wonder the effect of the elections on the market. So, we did our homework...
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    What are the alternatives to credit card debt?
    Smart Investing
    • Oct 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    What are the alternatives to credit card debt?

    In our last post we talked about the danger of credit card debt and how it should be avoided, if possible. But what are the alternatives?...
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    Why is Credit Card Debt So Scary?
    Smart Investing
    • Sep 17, 2019
    • 3 min

    Why is Credit Card Debt So Scary?

    You’ve probably heard the advice to avoid credit card debt at all costs. But most of us have borrowed on our credit card either...
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    What is a bond yield
    Smart Investing
    • Aug 30, 2019
    • 3 min

    What is a bond yield

    On the financial news report, ou might have heard, “the yield on a 10 year Government of Canada Bonds has dropped to 1.23%” What does...
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