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31 03 2008- The Gazette daily newspaper(Canwest-Montreal): text doc.918AP1
...dedicated to providing individual investors with independent, objective, free advice and information...

30 05 2008- Rob Carrick, financial journalist with The Globe & Mail, describes our site in a G&M Investor Gold service posting doc.930 (you may also find the link here) as one of four educational websites that offer the unbiased, clearly written material that busy investors need….The founder of this new educational site, Marc Ryan, has worked both in the securities industry and as a regulator. Material is organized according to topics such as “cost of investing,” “equities,” and “taxation,” and additional articles of interest are posted on the homepage. The emphasis here is on providing information for do-it-yourself investors.

02 08 2008- Noreen Rasbach Globe & Mail journalist, in an artticle on ETF experts, states doc.1013 (see also link here): Marc Ryan, a retired securities lawyer who has launched the very informative and accessible website www.independentinvestor.info.

03 08 2008- Ellen Roseman, journalist with the Toronto Star, in an article doc.1014 (also see link here) on investment information sources headed Patience,perspective and success included the following reference to our site: Marc Ryan, a Montreal lawyer and former executive with the Quebec Securities Commission, launched a website (independentinvestor.info) this year for independent investors.

Fall 2008- notice doc.1123 of our site launching in McGill News, McGill University.

15 03 2008 Les Affaires weekly (french) : text doc.918
...publishes free information on all aspects of investing...

1 05 2008- AffairesPlus monthly magazine (french): text doc.918APlus2 (slow download) or text doc.918APlus1 (fast download)
... a complete site for investors as well as for traders...provides an overall view of investing..

1 10 2008- AffairesPlus monthly magazine (french): text doc.1093 article by Gilles Drouin on ETF's....if ETF's did not exist, we would have to invent them...

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Since 1950 we have had 48 pullbacks - meaning declines of 5 - 10%. We’ve had 18 corrections - meaning 10- 20%, and 8 bear markets. At the worst on average we end up getting back to normal in about 3 1/2 years. But people just don’t want to wait that long and they let fear overtake their emotions. Sam Stovall