This and That: The cost of thrift, market recovery and more…
Posted on May 29th, 2009 by Canadian Capitalist
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- The age of thrift reportedly sweeping the continent is having some unintended consequences. The New York Times on how saving money ends up costing some people even more.
- Jason Zweig on what Ben Graham would say about stocks moving from the edge of the bargain bin to the full-price rack in a matter of weeks.
- Jon Chevreau interviews three pension experts to find out the implications of recent changes made to the Canada Pension Plan.
- Rob Carrick reminds readers to update their insurance when making expensive additions to their home.
- Ma Bell makes Michael James an offer he could easily refuse.
- Million Dollar Journey finds out that it pays to check store receipts for mistakes.
- Remember how bloggers were hyperventilating over peer-to-peer lending and wondering if it could replace fixed income portion of their portfolio? Mr. Cheap wrote about the dark side of being a micro-banker.
- Just reading it makes my head hurt. Preet runs some experiments with shorting double-exposure ETFs.
- Get Money Energy came up with a list of things to feel rich that has nothing to do with the bank balance.
- Riscario Insider shares the nuggets of wisdom he found in “Get Smarter” (a book by Seymour Schulich).
Have a great weekend everyone!
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