If you are a regular Investorial reader, you may already have notice the new layout design. I spent the whole day creating this design on my PC and finally felt it was ready to be ported to the site.
I was acutely aware that visitors using Internet Explorer 6 were having difficulties with the stylesheet I was using in the last design (shown in picture). I hope this version will remedy those issues. I really do like this design better. A little house cleaning was needed to throw away some unnecessary …

“I just hired a young, award winning journalist to partner with me on a blog that will do nothing but try to uncover corporate fraud. Young, energetic, fired up and damn the stuff i have seen so far is good.”
– Mark Cuban

Billionaire Mark Cuban is no stranger to sharing his personal views about the stock market and its players. While he is busily waiting in anticipation for a Dallas Maverick NBA World Championship, he is still working on other ventures in the background.
One such venture is ShareSleuth.com, a …

The 26th edition of the Carnival of Investing is now up. Investorial’s review of Web 2.0 application StockPicker is one of the featured articles. Head on over and read up on some of the best investment articles deserving of the mention from the past week!
I also submitted a contrarian rant about what the term “ten best days of the year” may mean to different people, and also my first podcast interview with a proven fund manager, Jim Chuong. I’ve made the podcast entry sticky to stay as the first entry …

Quick post this morning as I’m working on a project that will be a treat for Investorial readers in the upcoming week! The blogging trio at InvestorGeeks are opening up their site and looking for more geeks to join them. Chris, Jason and Frank are not only Investorial readers, but I also feel that they themselves write some of the best investing articles that I have seen on PF blogs.
I remember a long time ago when a small site started with a vision to build an investing community and …

I received a private alpha invitation to check out SocialPicks, a new Web 2.0 / Social Web application seeking to be the new way for people to share stock picks and research. Users can get investment ideas from friends, see who else follow their advices, and see everyone’s performance over time. Members can also recommend stocks, and let your track record speak for themselves.
InvestorGeeks had previously blogged a positive informative preview of the service so I will defer to it rather than rehash all the details. You’ve come here for …

Today’s last installment of the Canadian Election Watch analyzes the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) political promises about Canada’s financial prosperity. For those who joined us late, you can browse through previous articles about The Conservatives and The Liberals here and here respectively! Enjoy and as always, your comments are welcomed!
Increasing the GST tax credit
This NDP declaration is in direct response to the other two party’s tactics to reduce personal taxation.

In today’s part 2 of the Canadian Election Watch, I will be examining the Liberal Party’s tax goodies. You can check out yesterday’s first part focusing on the Conservative’s tax cut promises.
Increasing The Personal Tax Exemption
The basic personal amount of income exempted from taxation is $8,648 in 2005. Paul Martin and The Liberals promise to increase this amount to $10,000 over the next four years. Henry Choo Chong (CGA) states that this translates into approximately $500 of savings in an individual’s pocket, but does not elaborate on whether this …

I was riding the subway today and picked up a copy of The Metro for some light reading. The Money Matters column by Henry Choo Chong (CGA), caught my eye as he answered a reader question about the different tax promises that each party is bringing on their platform for the Canadian election.
Henry was definitely correct to point out that simply voting for a particular party because of their tax policies is really not the right way to base a decision. Nevertheless, he analyzed 3 major points from the 3 …