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Higher Deductibles for Lower Insurance Premiums

I thought I would share a personal story today about automobile insurance. Most people are familiar with the concept of a higher deductible leading to a lower insurance premium. For those that are not, let me explain it really quickly:
The deductible is essentially the amount that you pay out of pocket if you need to [...]

15Mar2010 | Preet | 6 comments | Continued
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Options Gurus Set Up Paid Educational Website

I use options in my own portfolio but only rarely write about them. I will try to write more option-related material in the future, but for those who are interested in learning more right away you might be interested in a new site set up by some of the top option bloggers on the internet. [...]

14Mar2010 | Preet | 0 comments | Continued
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Questrade Promotion: $50 in Free Trades

Note: this is an affiliate program which means that any time someone signs up for this offer, I will potentially receive monetary compensation in the future. I’ll explain my thoughts on why I accepted participation in this affiliation below…
If you do just a bit of searching on the web you’ll find lots of useful reviews [...]

14Mar2010 | Preet | 4 comments | Continued
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Appearance on CBC’s Lang and O’Leary Exchange

CBC extended another invite to be on The Lang and O’Leary Exchange which is hosted by Amanda Lang and Kevin O’Leary. Kevin was on vacation and Andrew Coyne stepped in for him. Below is the link for the video, which is the full one-hour episode. If you just want to catch my bit, fast forward [...]

13Mar2010 | Preet | 11 comments | Continued
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Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada: Part 4

“Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada” is a series written by Common Cents Mom (Hollie Pollard) who, in her own words, “really had no sense when she was young but she is a fast study and is learning that you can recover from financial [...]

10Mar2010 | Hollie Pollard | 4 comments | Continued
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Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada: Part 3

“Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada” is a series written by Common Cents Mom (Hollie Pollard) who, in her own words, “really had no sense when she was young but she is a fast study and is learning that you can recover from [...]

9Mar2010 | Hollie Pollard | 4 comments | Continued
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Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada: Part 2

“Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada” is a series written by Common Cents Mom (Hollie Pollard) who, in her own words, “really had no sense when she was young but she is a fast study and is learning that you can recover from financial [...]

8Mar2010 | Hollie Pollard | 3 comments | Continued
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Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada: Part 1

“Going Bankrupt and Rebuilding Credit in Canada” is a series written by Common Cents Mom (Hollie Pollard) who, in her own words, “really had no sense when she was young but she is a fast study and is learning that you can recover from financial mishaps.” Hollie shares [...]

7Mar2010 | Hollie Pollard | 7 comments | Continued
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CTV Newschannel Interview on Retirement and The Budget

CTV Newschannel was kind enough to invite me down to chat with Jacqueline Milczarek about the latest budget and personal finance in general. Click here to view the interview (there will probably be a 15 second advertisement video before the segment starts).

6Mar2010 | Preet | 5 comments | Continued
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Michael Moore Interview With Preet Banerjee

As mentioned, I had an opportunity to chat with Michael Moore earlier this week to discuss his latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story. I can’t imagine anyone on this site not wanting to see this movie (if they haven’t already). The Blu-Ray and DVD become available on Tuesday March 9th and don’t forget to enter [...]

5Mar2010 | Preet | 9 comments | Continued
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CanadianCouchPotato.com

There is a new blog on the internet called CanadianCouchPotato.com. In a nutshell, the purpose of the blog is to help investors who are thinking about dumping their advisor to start investing on their own, without making it a part-time job. The “couch potato” term refers to the fact that the portfolios are very low [...]

3Mar2010 | Preet | 2 comments | Continued
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Capitalism: A Love Story – Giveaway!

Contest is now closed.
*Congratulations to “The Rat” – winner by random selection.
Thanks to everyone for submitting their questions for Michael Moore. I spoke with him today and tried to get in as many of them as I could, but ran out of time (he’s a popular guy!). He was very nice to chat with. He [...]

2Mar2010 | Preet | 51 comments | Continued
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I’m Chatting With Michael Moore Tomorrow – Send In Your Questions

I’m going to be chatting with Michael Moore tomorrow, the high-profile documentary director of Bowling For Columbine, Farenheit 9/11, Sicko and Roger And Me. His latest project is hitting DVD and Blu-Ray on March 9th (Capitalism: A Love Story).
I thought I would extend the opportunity to readers of this blog to help me come up [...]

1Mar2010 | Preet | 7 comments | Continued
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iShares Now Commission-Free For Yanks with Fidelity

I just saw an ad on TV for Fidelity’s trading accounts (available in the United States only). What was interesting is that they are now offering commission free trading on 25 of some of the most popular iShares ETFs.
Charles Schwab also offers commission-free trading on their own lineup of proprietary ETFs, but I don’t believe [...]

22Feb2010 | Preet | 2 comments | Continued
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GIVEAWAY: 4+ Free Tax Return Preparations From Ufile.ca

Housekeeping: Last week we had a giveaway from Intuit for their QuickTax program. The winners were comment #9 (Lance D.) and comment #29 (Kel). Congratulations! I’ll be contacting the winners to arrange delivery of their prizes.
This week I’m happy to announce that the good people at Ufile.ca contacted me to offer up 2 box copies [...]

21Feb2010 | Preet | 31 comments | Continued
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