Why to Bond Prices go down when Interest Rates go up?
If you listen to business news reports, you’ll often hear them say something like the following: “Interest rates are up. The yield on the...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Smart Investing
- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
Arbitrage – A REAL Get Rich Quick Scheme
Get rich quick through arbitrage
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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