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Shawn Allen, CFA, CMA, MBA, P.Eng., is the owner and chief editor of www.InvestorsFriend.com, whose mission statement is: "to help investors grow rich through more intelligent investing." Our email contact is editor@investorsfriend.com. Questions are welcome.

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Global / International Exchange Traded Funds - April 25, 2009

InvestorsFriend’s one-stop Global / International ETF reference Site provides:

Selected International Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and trading symbols
Fundamental data for each selected International ETF (P/E ratio and dividend yield)
Links to updated P/E ratio, dividend and other info for each International ETF
Links to [...]

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April 28th, 2009 | Shawn Allen | 0 comments | Continued
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Understanding Your Investment Goals and Risk Tolerances

Two of the first questions that an investment advisor must (by law) ask each new client, is ” What are your investment goals” and “What is your risk tolerance”?
These seem like simple questions. In reality they are both very complex questions. The vast majority of investors have never really thought through [...]

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April 13th, 2009 | Shawn Allen | 0 comments | Continued
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The Real Truth About Asset Allocation

Imagine that you have money that you want to save and invest money each year for thirty years and that you hope to become significantly wealthy through this investment program, perhaps to fund a very comfortable retirement.
Should you invest the money in a balanced fashion in stocks, (long term) bonds and short-term cash? Or should [...]

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February 28th, 2008 | Shawn Allen | 0 comments | Continued
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InvestorsFriend Inc. Newsletter, July 31, 2007

A lulu LEMON of a Stock?
Trendy retailer Lululemon came out with an initial public offering on Friday. (See Lululemon athletica inc. LLL on Toronto). Those who were lucky enough to grab some at the over-subscribed IPO price were rewarded as the U.S. $18 (about CAN $19) stock popped to CAN $29.72 on its first [...]

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July 30th, 2007 | Shawn Allen | 0 comments | Continued
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InvestorsFriend Inc. Newsletter, July 29, 2006

Getting Rich in Stocks
It would be nice to promise you that you can get rich very quickly by following the stock picks on investorsfriend.com. But this Site is far too honest to make that kind of unrealistic promise.
Investors can absolutely expect to grow their wealth through stock ownership. But the reality is that it takes [...]

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July 31st, 2006 | Shawn Allen | 0 comments | Continued
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The Latest From InvestorsFriend Inc.

InvestorsFriend Inc. Newsletter April 8th, 2006

Welcome to the April edition of our free newsletter. This newsletter provides thoughtful insights related to achieving success in investing.
Performance
One of the things that I love about the stock markets is that in the end it is all about performance. There is nothing judgmental about it. After a period of [...]

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April 10th, 2006 | Shawn Allen | 0 comments | Continued
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Warren Buffett’s March 2006 Letter to His Shareholders.

As you may be aware, Warren Buffett is at age 76 the second richest person in the world (after his younger friend Bill Gates whom he plays on-line bridge with) and he made his money by working for a short period in the investment industry (initially under the late Benjamin Graham - who virtually invented [...]

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March 17th, 2006 | Shawn Allen | 0 comments | Continued
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Some Surprising Investment Return Math

It might surprise you to learn that when you first start investing, the return that you make is relatively unimportant. What is much more important at the early stages is the amount that you contribute annually.
It is true that if you invest a single lump sum and let it compound, then the returns in each [...]

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March 16th, 2006 | Shawn Allen | 0 comments | Continued
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