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60 days - 1.55% + MORE Feb 26th

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Philips: Sales and profits up in 3rd quarter, delay in sale of LED lighting division stake + MORE Oct 26th

AMSTERDAM – Lighting and healthcare giant Royal Philips NV said Monday its third-quarter net profit soared to 324 million euros ($357 million) from a loss of 103 million euros in the same quarter last year, when it took a 366 million-euro charge after losing a patent lawsuit. Sales rose to 5.8.... More »

Why it seems like you can never get ahead (Hint: It’s not your streaming subscription) Mar 25th

“It’s the economy, stupid.” So said Clinton strategist James Carville in 1992 about the primary concern of American voters, but it could just as believably be about today’s Canadians. According to 2025 numbers by market research company Ipsos, 23% consider inflation and cost of living to be .... More »
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Toronto home sales, average prices soar in August + MORE Sep 7th

TORONTO – A record number of homes were sold in the Greater Toronto Area last month as listings continued to dwindle, the city’s real estate board said Wednesday. The Toronto Real Estate Board said its members had 9,813 sales in August, a 23.5 per cent increase from the same month last year, tho.... More »
Happy New Year readers!
2014 marks the beginning of my 5th year running My Own Advisor, so thanks for being part of the journey.  Here are some of the articles and blogs I checked out this week.  I hope you enjoy them.  See you next week when I share my December 2013 dividend income update and another profile in my series:  What’s In Your Portfolio.
Have a great weekend,
Mark
Thanks to BrighterLife.ca for including me as one of their favourite money writers of 2013.
I enjoyed reading about locked-in retirement accounts on Avrex Money.
Preet Banerjee had Michael James on Money on his podcast this week.   Michael definitely enjoys understanding how the financial world works and I’m glad he writes about it on his site.  Welcome to Twitter as well Michael.
Boomer and Echo asked:  what’s in your wallet?  Not much actually…
Dividend Growth Investor wondered if the end of dividend investing is coming.  I highly doubt it.  If anything, more folks will follow this strategy and indexing in the future…

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Halifax-based investment company Clarke Inc. seeking special shareholder meeting to reduce the size of the board and replace three of its directors with Clarke’s representatives

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90 days – 1.60%

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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-03-07. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.

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Weekend Readings – Time For Some Football!!!

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Weekend Readings – Time For Some Football!!!Football fans… there is no doubt that this is THE BEST FOOTBALL WEEKEND. I simply cannot wait.. my picks (or in some cases what I’m hoping for).. are
Seahawks
Colts
49ers
Broncos
Should be a great one:) In the meantime, here are some good readings:
General Readings
-My first investment @ AVC
-Europe asking Edward Snowden to help out @ TechCrunch
-How to invest as interest rates rise @ WSJ
-In 2013, I learned that… @ ReformedBroker
Dividend/Passive Income Readings
-Does 2014 change anything in how I invest?  @ TheDividendGuyBlog
Tech Stock Readings
-Apple making $10B/year with apps @ TechCrunch
-How Netflix (NFLX) reingeneered Hollywood @ TheAtlantic
-It’s not a church, just an Apple (AAPL) store @ ReCode
-Android’s rise to platform dominance @ TechCrunch
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30 days – 1.50%

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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-02-04. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.

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