Financial Jungle

It’s time for another Jungle Bulletin to share some links.

1. Thicken My Wallet writes a very fulfilling piece on the merit of leverage investing. My favourite part is when he uses a struggling business as an analogy to an under-performing investor. You’ll have to visit his link as I won’t give it all away. Not to be outdone, Canadian Capitalist reinforces Thicken My Wallet’s post by reminding borrowers how swiftly the avalanche of dot-com money vanished in 2002, and investors should thread carefully when considering leveraging.
2. In a two-part series, Ed Rempel, a guest writer at Million Dollar Journey, debunks some common stock market adages, which include “High P/E markets are riskier than low P/E markets“, “rising interest rates are bad for stocks. Falling rates are good”, and “America has way too much debt”.
3. Find out why the likable and down-to-earth Krystal, from Give Me Back My Five Bucks, is getting an adrenaline rush from PayPerPost.
4. I’m giving Four Pillars my pom-pom support for picking BMO as his first leveraged stock. While I don’t advocate leveraging for everyone, from reading Four Pillars’ posts, I’m confident that he’ll manage his debts and invest responsibly. You can also read up on my BMO. A Poster Child For Cash Flow Leverging? post.
5. A picture is worth a thousand words. Canadian Dream demonstrates the art of sleeping through market dips with his patented sleeping pills.
6. Investoid reminds investors that the TSX is too concentrated in three particular sectors, but don’t worry. He has a few tricks in his bag to share.
7. This Money Diva post may be a couple of weeks old, but it has a lasting impression on me. I agree with Money Diva, Ellen Roseman and Krystal that the point of blogging is the personal connections. Anybody can look up facts by reading financial books, but blogging brings a personal touch that the media cannot compete with. Additionally, once in a while, it’s fun to embarrass yourself by revealing some personal goofs, so you don’t set yourself up with unnecessary pressure to always perform at your peak.
8. I always have this itch to snoop inside people’s stock portfolios to spot potential investment ideas. Thank you, Middle Class Millionaire and Money Gardener, for satisfying my craving.
9. I’m participating in a couple of carnivals this week: Carnival of Personal Finance and IBN Festival.

PS. Due to work commitments, I won’t be posting tomorrow.