Toronto Circus, Prince Charles Retires, More Word Puzzles and Friday #ShoutOuts

This whole Toronto thing really is just a reality TV show gone off the rails, isn’t it? The three-ring circus that is unfolding in the media (which is loving all of this) would put Barnum & Bailey to shame. It’s almost like Cirque Du Soleil, in that you watch it and you think you know what is supposed to happen, but it just gets more and more bizarre each day.

Prince Charles has turned 65, so he could actually retire if he wanted to, but from what job? He hasn’t made it to King yet, so he can’t actually retire, nor does he really deserve a pension, unless the Prince of Wales gig pays well (hope not, hate to think my ancestors are propping him up financially).  With all this talk of the Baby Boomers retiring, maybe Prince Charles could be a spokesman for the over 65 crowd? Wonder if he goes to Denny’s for the 4:00 PM Early Bird specials?

 

My Weekly Recap

My Writings for Week Ending November 15th I Actually Quoted Garth Turner This Week? WTF?
We Shall Remember It’s important on Remembrance Day to show respect to those who have served and paid the ultimate price.	Some More Jobs in Canada (but not a lot more) The employment numbers from Stats Canada are better, but the younger generation is still having a hard time finding jobs.	Private School Fallacy Do you need to send your kid to a private school to get a great education? It depends, but this is where I quoted Garth, how odd.	Bazaar: Where Clutter Goes Well maybe that isn’t completely correct, but it’s a good place to get rid of some of your clutter.

 

Choice Picks for the Week

It’s cold and dark outside, and I think there are wolves around, must be November in Ottawa:

• Michael James admits to an admiration of Ellen Roseman who always wants us to Fight Back.
• Gail Vaz-Oxlade wants you to Align Your Cash Flow maybe you need to find a fiscal chiropractor ?
• Riscario brings us an interesting perspective from TV about insurance INSURANCE LESSONS FROM BREAKING BAD (he seems to enjoy capital letters).
• The Blunt Bean Counter brings us  Tax Loss Selling – 2013 Version , my portfolio is such that tax loss selling doesn’t really matter (but I do have a lot of losses still left from my Nortel stock).
• I Can’t Afford It seems like a simple phrase, which is borrowed from David Chilton, but Robb from Boomer and Echo points out that a lot of folks just haven’t figured this out.
• Mark from My Own Advisor answers a Reader Question – Should I invest directly in the USA outside registered accounts? and the answer is of course, it depends.
• Winner for the oddest title in a while goes to Kerry at Squawkfox: Sometimes you have to Shave the Yak , I kid you not, that is really the title, I will not ruin it for you.
• Dan from Canadian Couch Potato accepts the challenge and finds us the Worst Mutual Fund Ad of the Year?
• Preet not only brings us another video message (see below) he also brings us another Podcast  Financial Literacy in Schools, Happiness and Money with @Smarter_Money #FLM2013 (Podcast)

Word Puzzle

Did you get it? It’s pretty very arithmetic in nature:

Account Overdraft

 

Preet’s Video

Hope you are subscribed to Preet’s video channel on Youtube (I guess Preet is part of the problem with all this content he is creating on Youtube, clogging up our data networks?), a Holiday Message for you from the Maven of Money:

Public Service Announcement

In case you have not seen this one yet, remember, “Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike ….”, to follow the Camel’s advice in the movie theater:

Van Damme?

Seriously, this guy is starting to grow on me, and it is making me worry:

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