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.
Love is a four-letter word. So is RRSP
This week's edition has tips for RRSPs as well as a roundup of personal finance advice related to Valentine’s Day
Cash in a cookie jar?
Advisers are coaxing market-wary customers back into stocks. But they are taking only tiny steps, and into the lowest-risk products
It's not the mortgages, it's the borrowers
A one-size-fits all tweak to lending rules isn't the answer; the industry needs to focus on ability to pay
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
