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FYI to anyone from Canada, it isn't available to us yet. Seems like a neat service though.

When the branch general manager gives the branch management a 10 minute lecture on what "value added" means, and gets it totally wrong, and no one bothers to correct him since they know he'll forget what that particular buzz word means by next week.

Why doesn't the concept of triage apply to IT support? It's cool though if I have to wait 3 hours to see a doctor when it's not life or death, but a doctor should NEVER have to wait 10 minutes to use a printer or whatever...

Check out Self Publishing - Lulu.com You can publish in pretty small quantities.

I've read parts of a book I found at the library called "The Family Sabbatical Handbook" that gives a lot of advice on extended travel with children.

When I was taught to drive years ago in driver's ed class, the instructor taught us to "drive with our eyes". I don't mean not holding the steering wheel. The lesson was that we should look where we want to go. It was explained the reason people crashed when looking away from the road was...

Well to be fair, forecasts can only ever be two things: Wrong or lucky

A friend and I have been talking about renting vs owning and which is "riskier". On the renting side you have, effectively, price risk (rents could go up, maybe due to real estate appreciation). On the owning side you have asset risk (in the short term your home could drop in value, require a...

This guy went through the meltdown in 2001 in Argentina, but he definitely will tell you stories that the tourist and expat sites won't: SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA

What is the purpose of adding her to the deed? I mean it's just a piece of paper. Aren't there legal costs (probably minor, but still)?

Here's a recent cost of living post about BA, you need recent information because inflation is 15%+ per year there: Cost of Living in Buenos Aires, Argentina | Expose: Buenos Aires As for your question regarding fitting in, 88.9% of people in the city are classified as white in the census...

I've done a lot of research on BA in the past month or so. From what I've found, you can get a very nice short term furnished apartment for 1200-1800 in Palermoor or Recoleta. As mentioned Puerto Maderro is another option, but expect to pay a bit more. 3500 USD would likely be sufficient to...

Sounds like a last ditch Vegas blackjack trip is in order... always works in the movies? But seriously I agree, I'd ask them to sell the jewelery, one car, etc. Can she pick up a minimum wage job on the side?

A1:I've worked from home a number of times, though usually only when the weather is really bad or something. I only live 10 minutes from work. I've also worked for days at a time at the parent company's office doing work for my company. Their office is about an hour away from ours. A2: Does...

Yes I would be moving to another country (not driving distance, but in a similar time zone with reliable high speed internet etc) for 3-12 months. The move would be on my dime. I wouldn't have any face to face business, my doesn't involve external customers. I would be maintaining my local...

For the "too long didn't read" version jump to the end :) I am considering proposing to my boss that I work remotely from another country (in a set city, we wouldn't be traveling around except on weekends, and the timezone isn't wacky, so my hours wouldn't change) for 3-12 months. The large...

Here's a thought I had: Purchase ETFs with the 40K I have now, then use 0.5ish MER index funds (about the best I can get in Canada with CIBC) for new purchases. Once the balance in an index fund reaches like 5k, sell it and buy ETF equivalent. Does that make sense? For what I'm planning for...

From the article: Canadian Online Discount Stock Brokerage Comparison | Million Dollar Journey I don't think they are a ton of way cheaper options for me, except maybe QuestTrade. Most seem to be 19,99 or more unless you do a lot of trades or have 50K+ assets.

I live in Canada and I'll be using an "investor's edge" RRSP account with CIBC. I'm not sure exactly yet what the trade fees are, but I'm pretty sure they aren't going to be as low as an online only discount broker. I chose them mainly for convenience, I know I'm going to be eating a higher cost...

I put away $125 per week for my RRSP (6500 per year) and at tax time I tend to purchase on top of that another $5000. Currently the 125$ is added every week to three different mutual funds. I'm moving away from this and into either index mutual funds or index ETFs. My question is geared towards...

Can someone who has a Canadian discount brokerage account other than TD Waterhouse verify for me if you can purchase the TD eSeries (ie should be able to search for "TD Canadian Index - e" not "TD Canadian Index - I")? The reps at TD seem pretty clueless when it comes to the eSeries for some...

I checked morningstar.ca and for 3 of the 4 funds I am seeing the following under "Load Type": Choice Front or Back Deferred Charge on Org Amount Front End Charge Low Load Charge No Sales or Redemption Charge Not sure what that means? Since I don't remember making a...

I'm likely going to open an investor's edge account, but again I have to figure out exactly the limitations. In the end, I'm planning to buy index funds with low MERs (prob one Canadian, one USA, one world index) and fixed income (bond) index funds with a low MER to maintain a specific asset...

Are these backend fees significant? If I'm understanding how MERs work, if I'm paying 2% MER and I transfer to <0.5% MER index fund, I'm saving 1.5% per year of my nestegg, am I not?

Speaking of which, there's a great show on the Food Network where the host travels around eating really strange food. I'm talking everything from insects to testicles. The host is a heavy set bald guy, I can't think of his name or the show's name. His motto is: "If it looks good, eat it"...