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Five steps to become a better investor |
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.jpg) We list below those factors which can help you become better investors, all of which are recurring themes on our site. In the subsequent sections we analyse them in detail:
- Concentrating on those factors under our control in the management of our portfolio:
- The manner in which you, as a small player in the Canadian investment world, should behave faced with a financial system dominated in Canada by a small number of financial groups (groups which our site refers to as the Top 10).
- The advantages of the passive or index
 equity investing.
- Reconsidering your prejudices or stereotypes concerning investing in debt securities.
- How it is often advantageous for an individual investor, when circumstances permit, to act as if he or she were an institutional investor.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 January 2008 )
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…given the fundamental factors in place that should support the demand for housing, we believe the effect of the troubles in the subprime sector on the broader housing market will likely be limited, and we do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system. Ben Bernanke, 17 05 2007. |
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