Archive for June 2009
Smith Manoeuvre Portfolio June 2009 – The Rally Continues!
For those of you just joining us, this is my portfolio that is leveraged with money borrowed from my home equity line of credit (HELOC). As the money borrowed is used to invest, the interest charged is tax deductible. I write an update every couple months or so to show new positions added along with…
Read MoreRetired at 31: An Early Retirement Story
I’m proud to introduce “Retired at 31” (we’ll call him John), a regular contributor on Canadian Money Forum. As his handle indicates, he retired at the ripe age of 31 with $1.7 million in net worth. Like most millionaires, John created his wealth through investing in businesses. In his case, the businesses were his own. …
Read MoreThe Prepaid Funeral: Advantages & Disadvantages
There is one guarantee in life and that is we’ll all die. One hundred and fifty years from now the earth will be filled with all new people. That’s a lot of funerals! The funeral industry has huge potential for profit in the next fifty years with a rapidly aging baby-boomer generation. Prepaid funerals are…
Read More