Posts Tagged ‘faith in investments’

Top 17 Investment Strategies – Do They Work?

There are many strategies and styles of investing. How do you sort through it all to set yourself up for success with good long-term rates of return?  In this week’s video and podcast episode I cover the Top 17 Investment Strategies, their history, and whether or not they actually work.  Watch and listen to find…

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How to Afford the Life You Want

If you are worried about your finances & your future – you are not alone. Many people are worried about their finances. I receive daily notices from the “Free 30-Minute Consultation” form pouring out their life, what they are worried about & what they want. National Post family finances – I was interviewed for 6…

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Top 10 Money Myths That Block Your Financial Freedom

Top 10 Money Myths That Block Your Financial Freedom. This is one of my favourite topics. Most ideas that people believe about money are just not true or not optimal. My blog, Unconventional Wisdom, is about all the things I’ve learned over the years from my experience writing thousands of financial plans and reading hundreds…

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Does Borrowing to Invest Make Sense with High Interest Rates?

Should you borrow to invest? With interest rising 4.5% recently, does it still make sense? Spoiled with low interest rates so low for many years, leverage seemed so obvious with a credit line at 3% and tax-deductible, while getting the growth of the stock market. As a fee-for-service financial planner, and an expert on the…

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How to Easily Outperform Investment Advisors & Robo-Advisors

Investment advisors and robo-advisors have a massive disadvantage – they are short-term thinkers. You can easily outperform them by learning the skill of long-term thinking. Short-term thinking leads them to select suboptimal investments and focus on the wrong risk. You can clearly see this because nearly all investment advisors and robo-advisors do the “4 Performance…

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Investment Risk That Affects Your Life vs Investment Industry Risk

Did you know that how you define risk can actually make or break your retirement? This video and podcast episode offers you a direct head-to-head comparison of two different outlooks on the world and on investment risk. Defining risk is critical to decide the best investment strategy for you. People with the right outlook on…

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Bank Collapses for Dummies. Is Your Money Safe?

You may have heard in the news recently about the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. Here is a simple explanation with stories so anyone can understand why it collapsed. Could this happen to our Canadian banks? In my latest YouTube video and podcast episode, you’ll learn all about bank collapses and the best way to protect…

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