Canadian Personal Finance Blog

Given the photo thematic premise of the week that is about as pithy a title as I could pull together for this week’s wander through the world of Financial Blogs.

The Financial Apocalypse Has Been Delayed This Week

Well not really, given how badly the markets have been and how far the Canadian dollar has dropped, it has been a rough week for most folks, who are investing, and a good week for those who have cash.

• Given this week I have been “piling on” about dinosaurs and my former employer, I’ll add another voice which is the Financial Post saying, Nortel’s New Target Price is Zero . It is not just me who is bitter and twisted on this subject, but now more than ever I want ALL my money out of them very soon.
• For those of you wondering Has The Hadron Collider Destroyed the World Yet, the link will take you to the site to answer that question. If it answers yes, feel free not to read the rest of this posting.
• Michael James asks the very good question Do Investors Need to Be Good at Math ? I think the answer in my mind is YES, but I have a Math degree as well.
• Larry MacDonald found a very interesting Growth Stock for a Depression, however I would never have thought of this company.
• The Canadian Capitalist mentioned about Discount Brokerage Fees especially with TD Canada Trust. I have noticed this one myself, and Nerd Money has also been talking about TD RRSP fees, as well.
• That One Caveman points out the advantage of a Cash based Christmas , something I always espouse. Once you run out of cash, you have finished buying presents!
• Preet over at Where Does My Money go announced His New Career , showing a lot of courage during an economic downturn, to decide to change careers. I wish him good luck, although it isn’t really a new career, just new ways of doing things, which is cool too.
• Nancy Zimmerman points out that Canadian Spies are Paid Well . I hope so, I am hoping to get a job there, but I guess since I am talking about it, maybe I won’t be getting that job.
• Promod over at the Riscario Insider talks about How an Actuary Invests, which is interesting because he is someone who knows his Math!
• Canadian Tax Resource tells asks What are In-Trust Accounts (and answers the question too).
• Money, Matter and More Musings points out that we are all Socialist when Poor, Capitalist when Rich , which I tried to explain to my kids, but they looked at me like I was from the U.S.S.R. !