The Globe and Mail Published January 28, 2010
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Our investing contest is over and we have a winner! We can t identify him, so let s just call him Steve.He s won $10,000 to invest through in an online trading account and four weeks of mentoring from personal finance guru Gail Bebee.
Here is Ms. Bebee s first lesson for Steve, written as a letter, after he told her that he has bought some mutual funds. She answered his questions in on Friday at noon (ET).
Dear Steve,
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The Globe and Mail Published January 26, 2010
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Welcome to our beginner investor education program. This is the second of a six-part series. You can read the first part .
For investors who are just getting their feet wet, mutual funds have several advantages.
They re easy to buy and sell. They offer instant diversification. And they provide the peace of mind that comes with having a professional at the wheel, so you can get on with your life while someone else sweats over what stocks to invest in.
The Globe and Mail Published February 2, 2010
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Welcome to our beginner investor education program. This is the third of a six-part course on basic investing that we will publish every Tuesday. An advanced lesson plan appears every Thursday.
Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are booming. And no wonder: They offer an enticing combination of low costs, trading flexibility and diversification that appeals to many do-it-yourself investors.
Think of an ETF as a cross between a stock and a mutual fund. Like a stock, ETFs trade on a stock exchange. Like a mutual fund, ETFs invest in a basket of companies, usually an index such as the S&P/TSX composite or S&P 500. You can find more on the basics of ETFs here.
The Globe and Mail Published January 28, 2010
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Getting a handle on investing can be daunting. Just figuring out how much money you can invest is hard enough where to put it is an entirely different battle altogether.
Ask personal finance writer Gail Bebee your investing questions. She ll be online on Friday at noon (ET) as she . To join the discussion at noon on Friday, click on the Cover It Live box below.
Ms. Bebee is the author of No Hype - The Straight Goods on Investing Your Money. She can be reached at gbebee@gailbebee.com; her website is www.gailbebee.com. She wrote a 12-part series for people that are new to investing on their own.