“Why copper and gold are ready to shine” “Fed rate hike fears ripple through Canada, world….” “Futures higher on Greek deal” “Bill Gross: 6 conditions for a bond crisis” “Traders don’t want to hear this problem with banks” “This should concern every oil bull in the world” “Wealth secrets of the one percent – how […]
“Michelangelo was asked by the pope about the secret of his genius, particularly how he carved the statue of David, largely considered the masterpiece of all masterpieces. His answer was: “It’s simple. I just remove everything that is not David.” – from Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Antifragile I am currently reading this book. You may be […]
“The pain of discipline is far less than the pain of regret.” -Sarah Bombell “If you want something different You Gotta do something different.” – Nathaniel Williams We love to read and share – here’s some notable things from the last week covering life, investing, planning, and financial literacy for kids plus a look at […]
And I don’t mean sharing ice cream and I don’t mean little sisters…..I mean family budgets…… “Budgeting”, “tracking expenses”, “generally trying to figure out where the money goes”, whatever you want to call it…….everybody feels it should be important but it perpetually rides the to do list. Or else budgeting for some reason suddenly becomes relevant or […]
“Character and personal finance are the only investments worth anything” – Walt Whitman “A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” – Hugh Downs We love to read and share – here’s some notable things from the last week covering […]
“In the end we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” “Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.” We love to read and share – here’s some notable things from the last week covering life, investing, planning, and financial literacy for kids plus a look at […]
I remember a series of Tim Horton’s TV ads about welcoming people to Canada which tried to portray Canadians as, yes, polite, but with a certain unshakable pride, one of them saying something like “If you throw the first punch, we will drop the gloves. Oh yeah.” We’re nice but by no means push-overs. I’m not sure […]
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Von Goethe “Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca We love to read and share – here’s some notable things from the last week covering life, investing, planning, […]
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” We love to read and share – here’s some notable things from the last week covering life, investing, planning, financial literacy for kids and caveman living plus a look at what we were up to this time last year. Perspective […]
“The investor’s chief problem, and even his worst enemy, is likely to be himself.” – Benjamin Graham, 1949, The Intelligent Investor We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. -Carlos Castaneda “Dogs have owners, cats have staff. Are you a dog or a cat?” – Unknown We […]