Toronto Investor

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206754022011-12-14T18:58:59.645-08:00Toronto Investorfocusing on frugality and investing wisely in the 21st century.torontoinvestorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161278740766717541noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20675402.post-1148351192257351462006-05-22T19:17:00.000-07:002006-05-22T19:26:32.270-07:00Hurricane Season

After last week's depressing market activity, it seems strangely coincidental that there's now talk from the US Government about Hurricane season. Depending on your news source, some are predicting that this year the hurricanes will be worse than last year while some are saying that they won't. This sort of guessing is speculative at best. Nobody knows for sure how many of the storms will turn

torontoinvestorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161278740766717541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20675402.post-1148099012527785652006-05-19T21:14:00.000-07:002006-05-19T21:23:32.540-07:00Is this a buying opportunity?

Now that metal stocks and gas/oil stocks have pulled back quite a bit, it may be very tempting to find some value in some of the metal and gas stocks that have been beaten up over the last couple of days with the intent on holding them for the long term.As the market is still very volatile, I am currently looking into safer and boring stocks that could be good defensive plays instead.Among the

torontoinvestorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161278740766717541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20675402.post-1137424713022131442006-01-16T07:09:00.000-08:002006-01-16T07:18:37.676-08:00Top 25 Money Tips of all time.

In this week's MoneySense, there is an article about the Top 25 Money Tips of All Time. Most of the advice given is very simple with things like how to save money, and how to invest wisely. A lot of the advice is very common sense but there are a few gems in it. One tip that really hit home was "Put first things first". Having witnessed all the health problems I've seen in the last year, I

torontoinvestorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161278740766717541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20675402.post-1136698177212004502006-01-07T21:20:00.000-08:002006-01-07T21:32:23.873-08:00Goals for 2006

The following are some goals I have for the forthcoming year:Grow my total assets by $15,000 from now today. This assumes a savings rate of about $1250 a month. This is also factoring in the fact that I plan on taking a vacation in 2006.Trim and possibly get rid of services I'm not using.Take advantage of more benefits from my work place (eg. Dental, Eyeglasses, Massages)Reduce the insurance

torontoinvestorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05161278740766717541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20675402.post-1136686185277344032006-01-07T17:54:00.000-08:002006-01-07T18:09:45.290-08:00Exchange Traded Funds

Lately I've been reading a lot about Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and am very close to switching a large chunk of my RRSP and Non-RRSP holdings into ETFs. This is a very big change from my current situation.In my Non-RRSP account, I am currently holding 50% cash and 50% value stocks. In my RRSP account, I am currently holding 25% in fixed income and 75% in various mutual funds. My RRSP account

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