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From the Montreal Gazette – Can’t say that I don’t completely agree with the analysis.
While the Bank of Canada made it clear yesterday that it doesn’t see a housing bubble in this country yet, it also kept the spotlight on Finance Minister Jim Flaherty as the official who ought to be held responsible (more…)
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From CBC.ca – Alberta real estate prices set to rise
CMHC is predicting housing price increases in Alberta. Since they are likely in the know, I wonder if they are factoring in any potential changes to the amortization and down payment requirements. If they are not, it might be an indication that they do not think it will happen.
The real estate market in Alberta appears to be on the rebound, experts in the field say.
House sales will increase as by as much as 10 per cent in (more…)
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Several of Canada’s financial blogs have a stock picking contest every year. They each pick four stocks and track the returns on a quarterly basis. Last years returns ranged from -8.8% to 81.56%, the TSX by comparison was up approximately 31%.
While I am not officially part of the competition (although hopefully they will be kind enough to let me in), I am going to take part anyways, tracking their results against mine. If you want to participate, put the four stocks you would pick in the comments below, and I will track them for you!
My stock picking strategy will be psychology based. In other words, based on (more…)
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Beware ‘free’ real estate seminars – Yourhome.ca.
In the next couple of days I will be chronicling a story from two years ago where I got involved with a company who made money by selling real estate courses designed to convince consumers to invest their savings and equity in their homes in real estate backed assets. I ultimately stopped my dealings with the company because I believed that clients were becoming over leveraged without understanding the potential consequences.
In the time being, take a look at this article from Yourhome.ca that discusses the warning signs of a get rich quick scheme.
Typically, what these no-money down programs attempt (more…)
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Thanks to Garth Turner’s reference to National Bestseller Golf Balls Don’t Float demand has skyrocketed! As a thank you to Garth and his readers, we are putting the book on sale for the price which Garth quoted, $10.
Don’t forget to buy a pre-sale copy of The Mortgaged Millionaire!
See what one of North America’s top teaching professionals has to say about Golf Balls Don’t Float. (more…)
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