Carrick on money: What history says about your investments

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

What history says about your investments
The GetSmarterAboutMoney.ca website has introduced this very cool chart comparing how stocks, bonds and other investments have performed since 1935. A balanced portfolio clocks in with a tidy annualized gain of 8.7 per cent.

Giving the Goldfinger to James Bond villains
An amusing look at the business schemes hatched by some of the villains in James Bond movies over the years.

What's so special about gold?
Hear a chemist work his way through the periodic table to explain why gold is such a good choice for use as money. It's rare, stable and easy to work with and maintain. Only platinum comes close.

Protect your severance cheque
How to minimize the tax hit on a severance payment received when you lose your job.

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