Short Takes: Long-Term Failure of Active Management, Severely-Shortened Careers, and more

Canadian Couch Potato looks at a study of the dismal odds of outperforming an index with actively-managed funds over a lifetime.

Larry MacDonald brings us stories of people who found creative ways to severely shorten their careers.

The Blunt Bean Counter found a few more reasons that I missed for young people to file tax returns even when they don’t owe anything.


Canadian Capitalist warns that you may lose your Aeroplan miles if you don’t pay attention to the rules about account inactivity.

Big Cajun Man has some takers on his group challenge to give things up to improve your finances.

Money Smarts has some tips on setting up a simple and cheap RESP GIC account. GICs won’t make big returns, but you’re less likely to make big mistakes with them.

Million Dollar Journey gives us the benefit of personal experience buying foreclosures in Canada.

Preet Banerjee looks at the dangers of spending your next raise before you get it.