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Passive portfolio tweaks 2011

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:10:26 +0000

I’ve posted several times previously about my investment portfolio, but I thought I’d update regarding a few tweaks I’ve made in the last year. The main inspiration for the tweaks comes from reading Rick Ferri’s book All About Asset Allocation — I finally found a book that laid out the main aspects of portfolio selection in a [...] Related posts:

Delicious food

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:53:50 +0000

It’s time for a quick plug of my favourite cookbook of recent years: Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. I’m by no means a militant vegetarian. I spent about five years eating “pesco-vegetarian” (no meat except fish). I now eat about 80% vegetarian and label myself a “less-meat-atarian,” mostly for environmental reasons. My exit [...] No related posts.

Honduras 3: Pico Bonito

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:32:26 +0000

The other best part of our vacation: a three-day jungle hike in Pico Bonito national park. A gleaming, shiny ferry took us from the island of Roatan to La Ceiba on mainland Honduras. A short 25-minute taxi ride later, we were far outside town in the Cangrejal river valley. The destination was an “eco jungle [...] No related posts.

Honduras 2: Snorkelling

admin — Sun, 15 May 2011 03:46:34 +0000

The snorkelling on Roatan was probably the best part of our vacation. Scuba is the popular thing to do. But we didn’t feel like spending the money or time required to get trained, and were fairly confident we could see a lot. It was tricky finding good advice on sites – most of the printed [...] No related posts.

Honduras 1: Roatan

admin — Fri, 13 May 2011 02:12:00 +0000

We settled on an unlikely honeymoon theme: an obscure destination with lots of hiking and exercise. Why Honduras? Because it’s next to Belize, which J had quite liked at age 14. Because it’s off the tourist map. And because of Roatan. Roatan is the largest of the three “Bay Islands” off Honduras’ Caribbean coast. Its [...] No related posts.

A dancing mix

admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:43:10 +0000

My new music intake rate is still quite low. This year did involve some time digging through the crates for the most danceworthy music for the wedding, though. That process fed about 70% of the content in this mix, although very few of these tracks actually got played at the wedding. We have gone to [...] Related posts:

Passive Portfolio Performance, 2010

admin — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 01:49:03 +0000

My post last year on my passive portfolio generated a lively conversation, so I thought I'd follow up with a few further thoughts on investment over the last year. But first, a quick glance at the performance of the portfolio I showed last year. Basically, a slower year: 6.2% return overall, with none of last year's extraordinary post-recession performances, and a drag from the various European crises (VEA). This is, however, no longer my target portfolio. I've made a few minor adjustments: [View original post for full story.] Related posts:

A passive Canadian’s portfolio

Wedding & photos

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:41:16 +0000

J and I got married last weekend in a lovely Muskoka ceremony. We’d like to share photos with everyone – photos of us, photos of other guests, and moments we missed. To do that, we’d really appreciate it if guests can send us their photos! Photos are big – often too big for e-mail. We’ve [...] No related posts.

Upgraded

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:02:32 +0000

After neglecting this blog for a long time, I’ve just upgraded from WordPress 2.2 to WordPress 3.0. I’ve also tried moving it from http://personal.davidpritchard.org to http://davidpritchard.org/personal, in a desperate attempt to get Google to admit that it exists. For some reason, Google Webmaster tells me that this site has 70 URLs in its sitemap, but [...] Related posts:

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A passive Canadian’s portfolio

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:35:46 +0000

After years of procrastinating, I’ve finally got my finances in order and done my homework on investment. I thought I’d write up a bit of my strategy for anyone interested or wiser than me. I was relatively uninvested during the Fall 2008 credit crisis, and saw an ideal opportunity to get in and make some [...] No related posts.