Rob Carrick
Rob Carrick has been writing about personal finance, business and economics for close to 20 years. He joined The Globe and Mail in late 1996 as an investment reporter and has been personal finance columnist since November 1998. You can follow him on Facebook at Rob Carrick – Personal Finance.
Twelve funds for your RRSP and TFSA
We sifted through more than 11,000 mutual funds and ETFs to come up with a dozen options worthy of consideration
Low risk, high growth come together in 2010
Last year's winners were often high-risk, no-profit stocks in the mining and energy sectors; expect the opposite this year
Post-traumatic stress investing
Canadians are still holding on to their cash, watching a stock market rebound that's been nearly as astonishing as the plunge that preceded it. And they are still rattled
The case for dividend stocks in uncertain times
Get out of cash and buy some. Many dividend-paying companies have actually increased the amount of cash they pay each quarter
ETFs play follow-the-leader to mutual funds
Fresh products are all well and fine, but better marketing of the sector's existing lines would make more sense
DIY investors: Watch out for fees that bite
Small investors too often pay big fees, but a little research goes a long way, writes Rob Carrick
The ABCs of ETFs
Rob Carrick makes sense of the alphabet soup out there in his weekly personal finance reader. Plus: The renting a home versus buying debate and the story behind the return of Gordon Gekko
Variable or fixed? Both options have merit
With a 10-year mortgage, you're entirely insulated from the coming cycle of interest rate increases
Careful, that TFSA can be such a tease
You know the drill: A bank offers a temptingly high interest rate on a TFSA or regular high-rate savings account and then chops it back after a few months pass
Getting uncomfortable with bonds? Hang tough
There are several measures you can take to help the bond side of your portfolio survive rate increases with a minimum of damage
