Investments

Blow It, Extract It, Drill It.

August 4, 2011

People who invest in the stock market may be looking for secure investments that provide a steady fixed income on a monthly basis. Some other investors may be looking for their portfolio to grow over the short or long term.  As a Financial Advisor I definitely don’t support investing for the short term and trying [...]

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More Than a Mutual Fund

July 20, 2011

Good Morning DINKS. We have discussed Mutual Funds and investing in Mutual Funds several times here on DINKS Finance.  Today we are going to give you some information on different types of investment options that are either a variation of a Mutual Fund, a different type of Mutual Fund, or simply put an investment option [...]

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How To Buy a Good Stock!

July 7, 2011

Any good investment portfolio should be well balanced and well diversified.  This includes purchasing stocks either directly through an Online Brokerage Account or indirectly through Mutual Funds.  Before we decided to buy an individual stock or a Mutual Fund that holds stocks, we should definitely research both the stock performance as well as the company [...]

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The 2 G’s of Investing: Girls and Grover

July 4, 2011

Good Morning DINKS! Every day we choose to read personal financial blogs, watch CNN, or talk with our friends about money in hopes of learning about personal finance.  Today we are going to get great financial advice from two (possibly) unlikely sources.  The Globe and Mail advises that if we want to be rich we [...]

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A Mutual Fund of Funds

June 1, 2011

A Mutual Fund of Funds is often referred to as a Mutual Fund Portfolio or a Select Portfolio.  They are Mutual Fund investments that do not directly buy and hold individual stocks and bonds like other Mutual Funds;   Mutual Funds of Funds are comprised of and invest directly in other Mutual Funds. A Fund of [...]

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Segregated Funds

May 25, 2011

In the past on DINKS Finance we have discussed various investment products such as Mortgage Backed Securities, Discount Brokerage Services, as well as Junk Bonds. Today we are going to explore a not so common type of investment.  The reason I say that Segregated Funds are a less common type of investment is because they [...]

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Get a Discount on Your Investments

May 5, 2011

Some of us invest in Real Estate and some of invest in Mutual Funds.  However, some of us DINKS love to buy individual Stocks of small companies and big corporations.  If you like to research, trade, buy and sell your own investments then it is a smart financial idea to open a Discount Brokerage Account. [...]

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Fixed Income Investments for Low Risk Investors

March 24, 2011

A great alternative to traditional low risk fixed income investments such as Treasury Bills, Bankers Acceptances, Bonds, and Term Deposits are Mortgage Backed Securities and Real Estate Income Trusts.  They offer a greater potential rate of return while taking only a little bit more risk. What is a Mortgage Backed Security? Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) [...]

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401k Friday Roundup

March 11, 2011

Happy Friday DINKS.  It’s that time of the year again…time to file our taxes.  One savings strategy for both our taxes and our retirement is investing into our 401k, or our RRSP for our Canadian DINKS. There are several types of 401k plans available to investors.  The most common type of 401k is a company [...]

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Junk Can Be a Good Investment

March 2, 2011

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure; or should I say one man’s trash is another man’s investment.  Over the past few years investors have been searching for alternative investments to their high risk stocks and mutual funds. Bonds have become a very popular secure investment option.  Different types of bonds available on the Financial [...]

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