Daily Archives: June 23, 2015

Ode to the ‘growth mindset’

A friend’s son had a wonderful grade 7 teacher this year, who made “the growth mindset” the theme for the year–not growth in the sense of insatiable financial gain or sales targets, but rather mental growth–the power to train and … Continue reading

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REITs and bank shares don’t need rising rates to lose money

One of the time worn-dumbest sales slogans heard from long-always financial types goes something like this “so long as rates are low, or not rising, dividend paying stocks are attractive”.  “Attractive for whom?” one should ask. Here we see the … Continue reading

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The math of underfunded pensions

Greece is not alone in underfunding its pension plans.  Thanks to destructive financial advice and planning over the past 20 years, most pensions, endowments and individuals are seriously under-capitalized today. The liabilities magnified by aging baby boomers were entirely foreseeable.  … Continue reading

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