Random Thoughts – Happy Halowe’en Edition!

This week in the finance blogs, we not only got to talk more about the Great Financial Apocalypse of ’08, but we also got to write about a bunch of other interesting financial stuff.

Ghosts, ghouls and Witches are about in the economy this Halloween, and what is in store for our retirement funds now? Who knows? Pirates maybe? Some of the mutual fund and financial folk out there certainly act like the Privateers of old. All they need is the Jolly Roger flying over their offices.

Random Thoughts for A Halowe’en Pirate Style

• Michael James on Money came up with his own Mutual Fund Disclosure rules, to help investors have better clarity of where their money goes, I suspect they will not be adopted in the near future. Shiver me timbers!
• Preet at Where Does All My Go published a list of famous (infamous?) investing quotes. I always enjoy, “Buy low, sell high, it’s that simple”, hoist up the Jolly Roger!!!
• Canadian Tax Resource asks one of my favorite questions during these troubled times, “Should I Invest or Pay Off Personal Debt?“.  Neither a borrower nor a lender be! (wait a minute that’s Shakespeare not Piratey).
• The Canadian Capitalist asked, is Thrift Making a Comeback? I don’t think it was ever out of style to keep your money in your pocket, but maybe I am just an Old Salty Dog.

Hopefully, next week our Savings will no longer be in Davy Jones’ Locker, and your Financial Advisors stop trying to Swing The Lead and maybe I’ll stop talking like a Pirate as well.