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

Money can’t buy happiness? Wrong It’s not having money that makes you unhappy - it’s how you spend it. People who spend money on other people are happy, and the amount spent doesn’t matter much.

Talking taxes Some perspective on where Canada stands on a global basis in terms of its level of taxation. Among industrialized countries, we’re below average.

This infographic tells us what Canadians were saying online about taxes in the month of April. Find out which provinces were the most tax-obsessed and how many people plan to save their refunds versus spend them.

Rethink buy and hold That’s one of the tips for investors offered here by Tadas Viskanta, author of the new book Abnormal Returns and the guy behind the respected Abnormal Returns blog.

More money

Join the 10,000+ people who subscribe to my Facebook personal finance community for talk about investing, retirement, real estate, banking and other financial matters. I’m also on Twitter.

Follow us on Twitter: @globemoney

Editor's note: If you don't receive Rob Carrick's newsletter twice weekly by email, you can sign up to get it for free at The Globe and Mail. All you need to do is register for the site, or if you've already registered, log in and go to your profile at the top of the homepage. Once you're in your profile, look under Newsletters and Alerts and look for the Personal Finance Reader and other newsletters. Other financial newsletters include: Business Ticker, a summary of the day's top business stories; and Berman's Market Update, a summary of the markets at the open, noon and close.