11/15/01 -
The Great Tech Comeback
Our monthly mutual fund review sees tech funds roaring back with a vengeance in
October!
11/01/01 -
Gold Grows as Growth Slows
Guest writer Brien Lundin of the Gold Newsletter conducted this interview on the
future of gold with three industry movers.
10/30/01 -
A Tribute to Trade
Guest writer Llewellyn Rockwell Jr. penned this moving tribute to the men and
women who worked in the World Trade Center. Read it!
10/24/01 -
The Value Investor's Worksheet
We've updated this feature which first ran in October 1998. It includes a handy
pop up of our worksheet to print out.
10/17/01 -
Gold Funds Still Shine in September
Not surprisingly, gold and precious metals funds did well in the wake of 9/11.
10/01/01 - The New Investing:
Canada
You can't keep a good website down! About.com terminated 300 guidesites
including this one and most othe Canadian sites in a massive restructuring. But
we're continuing in our new location!
09/20/01 - Preview
of Things to Come?
Our monthly mutual funds report notes strong performance by
precious metals funds in August 2001. The prospect of a war
economy could make for a repeat performance in months to come.
09/13/01 - Support
America! Buy Stocks!
The terrorists that attacked the World Trade Center want the
market to crash. Let's not help them!
08/16/01 - Bond
funds lead way in July
Our monthly mutual funds report notes strong performance by bond
funds in July 2001.
07/26/01 - A Mixed
Bag for June
Our monthly mutual funds report notes no strong leadership.
07/12/01 - Con
Alert!
We explain how to recognize investment cons and ripoffs,
including several examples.
07/05/01 - Channel
Surfing for Fun and Profit
Part 9 in our Selling series takes a closer look at trend
channels.
06/14/01 - Small Cap
Revival
Canadian small cap funds did well in May, as did the energy
sector. Our monthly look at Canadian mutual funds.
05/16/01 - Dramatic
Comeback for Tech Funds
April was a dandy month for science and technology funds which
staged a huge comeback. Can it persist? We examine.
04/26/01 - Abolish
the Income Tax!
My annual article on the income tax takes a new tack this year -
not a philosophical diatribe as in past years, but a practical
plan to actually eliminate the income tax over time.
04/19/01 - Resource
Sector Continues Strong in March
Our monthly mutual funds review notes that the resource sector
continued to dominate the top performing funds in March 2001.
04/12/01 - The Fine
Art of Negotiation
Some tips and pointers on negotiating skills.
03/29/01 - Book
Review: It's When You Sell That Counts
We review Donald Cassidy's excellent book on the art of selling
stocks.
03/15/01 - Resource
Funds Reign in February
Our monthly look at mutual funds finds resource funds continuing
their stellar performance.
02/15/01 - Techs
Tops in January But Beware!
Tech funds were the top performing mutual funds in January, but
the tech sector collapsed in the first two weeks of February. The
watchword is caution!
01/25/01 - Income
Trusts
The first installment in a series on income trusts. Includes a
sidebar on oil and gas trusts as well as a table of Canadian oil
and gas trusts showing their most recent distributions.
01/18/01 - Black
Gold
Oil and gas funds came out on top in December 2000.
01/11/01 - Deciphering
Analyst-Speak
This installment of our selling series looks at the euphemisms
analysts and brokers employ for the word "sell".
01/04/01 - New
Year's Resolutions for Investors
Lessons from last year's topsy turvy markets applied to creating
resolutions for the future.
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