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White-collar crime is a non-violent crime committed by someone for financial gain, and your personal investments may be at risk. In the real world, bad things can happen. Theft for financial gain can occur in different ways. A bank robbery is a public event where money is stolen and the thieves run out of the … Investors should protect themselves against white-collar crime
Beware that sometimes free investment courses can be a slick way to sell you something. Let’s start with the basics. Nothing is free and when something is advertised as such you should immediately put your guard up. For years I have been skeptical seeing various courses advertised. They often look like a sham. My … Some ‘free’ investment courses are a sham
Should you borrow to invest? Leverage can have rewards; however, there is risk. There have been a lot of discussions about borrowing. Mostly about how Canadians are overextended and there have been warnings from the federal government encouraging borrowers to pay down the debt. This has been going for many years because since interest rates … It’s risky to borrow when investing
Investors might get an unpleasant surprise when they review their August investment statements. Stock markets around the world lost money. Many investors will be disappointed with their own financial results. Europe and Asia were the hardest hit. Their stock markets declined slightly more than 10% during the month of August. The United States and … August’s stock market decline is a good thing
Your investments will perform poorly. They always have and they always will. The common ingredient for many investors is to predict the future. The idea is to understand what will happen and then invest accordingly and have investment success. Today we offer our own prediction. You will fail. To be more precise you will fail … Humans are their own worst enemy when it comes to investing
Millennials should consider moving back home and living with their parents. This could be the only way this generation will solve its two main problems. The first problem is the growing amount of student debt. The second problem is the high cost of housing: both rental accommodation and homeownership. Millennials are age 15 to 35 … Millennials should consider moving back home