September 18, 2009

Weekly Links – Lehman Brothers Edition

This week marks the anniversary of the failure of Lehman Brothers and the start of the global economic crisis. Surprisingly, few articles were published on the topic.

However, there were a lot of great articles posted on the blogs I regularly read.

• The Canadian Finance Blog took a look at Individual Pension Plans (IPP’s) – What Is An Individual Pension Plan (IPP)?
• Hull & Hull, LLP prepared a Podcast on Disabled beneficiaries.
• PT Money asks – How Does Your Spouse help Financially?
• Gail Vaz-Oxlade prepared a four part series on personal finances and relationships.
• Financial Highway – Gold – Bad Investment: 3 Reasons why I don’t buy Bullion
• Four Pillars – Beginning Investments Strategies to Avoid.
• Jonathan Chevreau (Wealthy Boomer) write about the battle Questrade is having over mutual fund trailer fees.
• Big Cajun Man writes an interesting article comparing bank fees to interest charges.
• Million Dollar Journey is setting up a corporation and compares small business bank accounts.
• The Financial Blogger addresses the question: Should I rent or own?
• Thicken My Wallet asks what you have learned in the past year.
• Get Rich Slowly asks readers – How Much Should You Save For Retirement?

Jonathan also wrote two articles in the National Post that bear mention:

• You need a 100% gain to erase a 50% loss
• When to sue your financial advisor

Special Stock Option Series

I will be posting a three part series on stock options beginning Monday. Don’t miss it!

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