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An "X" marks a door signalling that a house has been evacuated in the neighborhood of Sunnyside in Calgary, Alberta June 20, 2013.TODD KOROL/Reuters

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

Swamped: Home insurance and the Calgary flood
A look at how most home insurance policies don't cover the sort of flood damage seen in Calgary, even though they may protect against sewer backup.

How to tame a customer service agent
The Squawkfox blog uses the cancellation of a landline phone to conduct a seminar on how to make sure you get great customer service.

The wolf of Wall Street
That's the name of an upcoming film from Martin Scorsese that tackles Wall Street decadence and excess. Watch the trailer here.

Read this, ignore that
A look at what financial information sources investors should pay attention to, and which they should ignore.

More money
Join the 29,000+ 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.

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