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Jim Stark is a pseudonym for a practicing Canadian financial advisor.

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Guest Article: DSC Index Funds

This is a another guest article by Jim Stark. Jim Stark is a pseudonym for a practicing Canadian financial advisor.
Why are there no DSC Index Funds?  On one hand, pretty much any advisor knows that there is no such thing as a DSC index fund and why that is so.  On the other hand, many [...]

8Feb2010 | Jim Stark | 2 comments | Continued
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Research or Marketing Gimmick?

This is a another guest article by Jim Stark. Jim Stark is a pseudonym for a practicing Canadian financial advisor.
So I hopped on to my computer one morning and typed in the phrase “scientific method” into my search engine to see what came up. Click here for the  definition that our friends at Wikipedia use. [...]

2Feb2010 | Jim Stark | 2 comments | Continued
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Great Expectations

This is a another guest article by Jim Stark. Jim Stark is a pseudonym for a practicing Canadian financial advisor. The article is written to financial advisors, but we both thought that readers of this blog would appreciate it.

Take it away Jim…
Great Expectations
Of all the Dickensian references to choose, you’d think something more akin to [...]

24Aug2009 | Jim Stark | 3 comments | Continued
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Is Warren Buffett Managing Your Money?

This is a guest article by Jim Stark. Jim Stark is a pseudonym for a practicing Canadian financial advisor. The article is written to financial advisors, but we both thought that readers of this blog would appreciate it.

Take it away Jim…
The thing about the ongoing ‘debate’ between active (markets are largely inefficient) and passive (markets [...]

12Aug2009 | Jim Stark | 9 comments | Continued