Even though this is my blog, my voice shouldn’t be the only editorial on investments. When others make sense, they need to be recognized.. and their perspective shared with everyone. Canadian Capitalist knocks some sense into claims that selling puts is “simply money for nothing”. Here’s an excerpt, the simplest explanation of why people would want to buy the puts you sell.
“[Put buyers] are paying the seller to assume some risks they are not willing to bear and it would be wise to assume that the premiums reflect the risks …

After watching the late re-run of the March 12th edition of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, I find myself inspired, revitalized and struggling with the inactivity of this blog for the past year. It just might be the right kick-in-the-butt for this blog to come out of semi-retirement?
I feel bad for Jim Cramer. I truly do! And not because he looked ass-silly, being forced into this confrontation by CNBC; a move that will inevitably close the curtains for Cramer’s on-air career. I felt sorry for Cramer not because …

I’m lucky to count Larry MacDonald as one of Investorial’s readers. Larry is an economist, author of several business books and currently runs the Investment Ideas blog at Canadian Business Online. He is currently doing a series rounding up Canadian financial blogs. So far he’s profiled bloggers such as Canadian Capitalist, Bill Cara, The Dividend Guy, Yaser Anwar and many more. I have been consistently reading many of those blogs, and am discovering new ones through this process.
Investorial was lucky enough to also get mentioned by Larry in the …

This post will definitely be one of those memorable moments in Investorial’s history. Aside from being my first podcast, it is also my first interview with a fund manager, Jim Chuong! Jim will be the first to humbly tell you that being compared to the Oracle of Omaha is a bit much. But there certainly exist similarities. Jim founded the Chuong Investment Management (formerly The Toronto Investment Club). Chuong Investment Management (CIM) is an investment partnership that followed closely Warren Buffett’s own partnership structure when he first started. As well, …

When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is! I’m not simply referring to my fib on April Fool’s Day, but I’d like to open a discussion about investors that are drawn to “The Titanic” of investments like moths to a flame.
The Titanic, thought to be the fastest ship afloat of her time and widely regaled as almost unsinkable. Yet, the infamous British liner sank on the night of April 14, 1912, after crashing into an iceberg in the North Atlantic Sea. The Titanic sounded too good to …

Sometimes, you missed those really small ambiguous charges on your credit card and they may come back to haunt you. I finally caught on about an $11 charge on my credit card recently that was billed to WLI*RESERVATIONREWARDS 800-7327031 CT. I do not remember this charge and promptly verified as to when it started. It was surprising to see I had not contested this charge since it started in November 2005.
This is an example where media information can be essential as various internet pages/posts/blogs helped me clarify the situation. The …