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 Gen Y guide to a comfortable retirement
All about a new e-book called If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly. The author of this short, right-to-the-point book on saving and investing for retirement is William Bernstein, a U.S. investment adviser.

London and Paris are down and out
Much better travel bargains in Europe are Budapest and Prague.

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Ten things not to buy in 2014
GPS devices, cable TV, digital cameras and more.

Still betting on Buffett
Warren Buffett's holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, has underperformed the S&P 500 over the bull market of the past five years. This blog post notes that Buffett's at his best when the S&P 500 is falling.

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