Author: Schultzter
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What’s the Best On-Line Portfolio Manager to Track my Investments, part 3 of 5
News Outlets News papers and syndicates that deliver the news; in particular the outlets that have a business focus we expect to have a robust portfolio. We all typically have a news outlet we go to first for our news, and we might even log-in so we can leave comments. Most likely the newspaper offers…
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What’s the Best On-Line Portfolio Manager to Track my Investments, part 2 of 5
In this installment I’m going to take a look at what the big web portals have to offer. But first I want to review how returns are calculated and what you should be looking for from those numbers. Calculating Your Returns There’s a lot of ways to calculate your returns, but unfortunately all these web…
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What’s the Best On-Line Portfolio Manager to Track my Investments, part 1 of 5
Whether it’s just the curiousity for your favourite companies or fantasizing about what you’d do if you were Warren Buffet, or monitoring your RRSP, TFSA, and children’s RESP having an on-line portfolio manager and an offshore gambling guide for your investments is fun and convenient. Introduction Probably one of the best reasons to have your…
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How to Install a Central Vacuum System and vacuum your furniture the right way
Lately I’ve been trying to finish all the little projects I’ve started around the house. Recently, I finished the central vacuum project. We’ve been using it for a couple years now, and a central vacuum is great! Learning how to vacuum your furniture is important because you can do a good job and not be…
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Instagram vs. Lightbox vs. PicPlz vs. Aviary and More…
Ever since the bombshell dropped, that Instagram had sold out to Facebook, a lot of us have been looking for an alternative. Now the sell-out may not be the end of the world as we know it, but we expect in a very short time that Instagram will change their terms of service to read…
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Instagram for Android is here
We’ve all seen the cool retro pictures on Twitter (and elsewhere) generated by Instragram. And it’s fun to play with the filters when sharing some nonsense on Twitter, and seeing the effect immediately appear on the screen. There are other apps that do this but Instagram definitely makes it quick and fun to do. So…
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Montreal Walk-in Clinic will text you when the doctor is ready to see you
For years now the clinic I go to has been telling people when it will be their turn, and asking them to show up 30-minutes before. It works, it’s free, and doesn’t rely on any technology. There’s never more than a half-dozen people in their small waiting area. And they’ve been able to use the…
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Australian court finds Google guilty of misleading consumers
You’re kidding, right? Unfortunately, no! The problem is Google’s Australian web site displayed advertisements (paid search results) for a competitor when you searched for Honda. In fact even today when you search for Honda you get paid advertisements for not only Honda but Hyundai too! I mean, apart from the big pink box that says…