Today is such a beautiful day in West Vancouver that I'm actually sitting outside while I write! Unfortunately I have a lot of work to do so I'll make this shorter than normal.

From Around The Blogoshpere

Michael James On Money finds that the average market average is not very average!

Zahid Jafry is concerned that Certified Financial Planners are writing FEWER financial plans than before.

While many personal finance bloggers abhor active management, Financial Jungle discusses some managers that have "skin in the game" and beat the market too. 

And finally, Mike from The Quest For Four Pillars asks why some parents are morons. 

This Week's Racing Video

In the spirit of brevity, this video is a Formula One pit stop during which all four tires are replaced and a simulated full tank of fuel added in mere seconds (this was just a practice stop, but they kept the car in place and simulated the time required to fill it up). I would actually enjoy filling up at the gas station if it was like this!

I've added a new feature to this blog today: Skribit. If you look on the right hand side you will see a new widget that says "What should I write about?". If you ever want to make a suggestion for a topic that you would like to read more about, just click on the widget and enter in your suggestion. For example, you could click and then write something short like:

TFSA
Option Strategies
Market Action
RRSPs
Budgeting
etc.

You can also vote for topics that are listed - so if someone suggested 'option strategies' and then 50 other people voted for it, you can be sure to see more blog posts about option strategies on this blog since my goal is to more fully engage all the readers and deliver content that you want to see.

NOTE: You can make your suggestions and votes anonymously, but I believe you can set up an optional profile with Skribit as well. (I'm still figuring it out). If you sign up for a Skribit profile you can choose to be notified when I write a post based on your suggestion. If you are a regular reader though, I wouldn't bother since you'll see it posted anyways and as I'm new to Skribit, I can't recommend the service yet.

So, I'll try out this new feature for a while and see how it goes. As always, if anyone has suggestions or wants to otherwise get in touch with me, you can always send me a private message as well.

The book giveaway is now over and after using a random number generator I'm please to announce that the winner of the KMPG: Tax Planning For You And Your Family 2008 book is "Elizabeth" (commenter #10). I will be contacting Elizabeth via email to get her shipping details and the book will be sent out accordingly.

In total there were 55 entries for the contest and you can visit the original contest post by clicking here. 

Congratulations Elizabeth and thank you very much to all those who entered. In only a few weeks I'll start the next installment of the Money Movie Giveaway so stay tuned and make sure to enter that contest for your chance to win a DVD copy of a movie about money!