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Weekend Links – Oct 17, 2008

Going through the archives, about a year ago I wrote about preparing for a move.  I’m glad we’re not at that stage in our lives right now!

First Scotia Bank, now BMO predicts that Canada will enter into a recession.

Canadian Capitalist thinks that there might be an opportunity in real return bonds.

Canadian Mortgage Trends has a variable rate update.  If you haven’t heard already, most lenders have temporarily eliminated the discounted variable rate mortgage.

Get Rich Slowly has a great discussion with his readers about what it means to be rich?

The MoneyGardener contemplates using leverage in this down market.

Stock Trading To Go lists 25 essential bear market stock tips for investors.



5 Comments, Comment or Ping

  1. Thanks for the plug FT, appreciate the support! Have a great weekend and enjoy not moving like last year :P

  2. Thanks for the link FT!

  3. Thanks for the mention FT. Have a nice weekend!

  4. 4. Sam Li

    Just watched interview with Warren Buffet, he predicts that US economics will hit the bottom by second half of 2009. It was quite interesting to watch him he sounds very enthusiastic about the future of US economics.

  5. Appreciate the link FT. There’s still a couple of holdout lenders left with variable mortgages at prime rate…thank goodness.

    The market’s inflated rates are (hopefully) a short-term scenario. Credit spreads will inevitably come back down to earth, in which case we’ll see discounts to prime once again. It may take a while, or it may happen within a month or so. No one knows just yet…

    Cheers,
    Rob

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