Kirby on Finance

The Carnival of Investing!

This week’s Carnival of Investing is rather light, but full of really informative articles. Each are well worth the read! If you have an article that you would like to see included - feel free to send it to me by using the contact form on the side of this page. Enjoy the carnival!

2million presents, “Taking Assessment of My Portfolio Returns” in which he reviews his net worth returns for 2005 and offers what steps he will take to see better returns in 2006.

Cajun Finances presents, “Identity Theft: CSBs? (and Life is a Carnival)” where he asks, When you invest in a Canadian government backed bond, you assume that your identity information would be safe, or would you?

JLP of All Financial Matters presents, “Monte Carlo Your Finances” which offers a great primer on using Monte Carlo analysis with your portfolio.

ML of Investing the Middle Way presents, “Uranium: The Big Picture” offering a great primer on uranium investing.

Trip of Musing Money presents, “Quantitative Funds All the Rage – from Vanguard” which offers a great overview of quantitative funds.

Jon Swift presents, “Due Compensation at Exxon” where he argues that Exxon CEO Lee Raymond’s $400 million retirement packaged may have left him grossly underpaid.

Frugal of My 1st Million at 33 presents, “My Hunting Trip for a Money Manager” where he chronicles his search for a money manager. I hate to offer my opinion on this carnival, but this is a really fantastic overview of the “hunting” process.

Investing Guide presents, “Too Poor to Write Covered Calls” where he shares his frustration at, you guessed it – being too poor to write covered calls.

Moneywise of The Real Returns presents, “Secular Bear Market?” where he helps you determine whether or not your portfolio is in a bear market.

George of Fat Pitch Financials presents, “AutoNation Inc Cash Received” where he shows us the successful conclusion of his experiment in odd-lot tender offers.

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MBH of Mighty Bargain Hunter presents, “Hi-ho Silver!” - with silver and gold rising to amazingly high levels, MBH offers us some tips in investing in physical precious metals.

I hope you all enjoyed the Carnival this week! Next week’s Carnival of Investing will be hosted by Canadian Capitalist.

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