Invest Skeptically

I’m posting this as a follow-up to a previous post about a newspaper ad for an index-linked GIC product. Rob Carrick at the Globe and Mail (June 9, 2007) writes, There’s a price to pay for investment guarantees, about principal protected notes (PPNs) and index-linked guaranteed investment certificates (GICs).
His conclusion: “Once you know the [...]

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I’ve been going through a file I keep of newspaper clippings that remind me of worrisome issues in retail investing. This file includes things like my favourite Dilbert strip where Wally’s Financial Advisor recommends giving him 2% of his money and investing the other 98% in “things that sound good if you don’t look into [...]

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