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Ron Chapple

The best of the web on money, markets and all things financial, as chosen daily by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick.

The You Can Do It guide to cutting your cable TV
A 50-something Ottawa guy named Larry writes in detail here about how he got fed up with Rogers, cancelled his service and replaced it with unlimited Internet service from an independent provider, an HD antenna and a few other affordable pieces of equipment.

Taking the lo-o-o-ng view on markets
This chart shows long-term annualized returns from stocks and bonds in industrialized countries around the world.

These very cool charts show how U.S. stocks and interest rates have tracked since independence. There are also charts for gold and oil prices.

"Getting old is the second-biggest surprise of my life"
So writes 93-year-old Roger Angell, a longtime contributor to The New Yorker, in this moving account of his life and all its aches and pains.

Fast food: Where it all began
Check out these cool photos of the first restaurants in chains like McDonald's, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut.

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