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About Alison Griffiths
Alison Griffiths is an award-winning financial journalist, bestselling author and experienced broadcaster. She brings to her work a formidable array of skills including a background in economics, investigative research and financial writing. Griffith writes the popular syndicated columns Me and My Money in the Toronto Star and Alison on Money in the Metro newspapers, blogs regularly for moneyville.ca and hosts a daily syndicated radio report, The Buck Starts Here, for the Information Radio Network. She has hosted the acclaimed TV show Maxed Out for the W Network and Dollars and Sense for Viva, which dealt with all aspects of money, from its impact on relationships to issues of debt and investing. Thousands of readers turned out to attend her 2003 to 2005 House Calls investment seminar series (sponsored by the Star and Investor Education Fund).
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March 6, 2012
- Masters of Money
Figure Out Your Funds: What are they?
I was conducting a seminar a few months ago and asked those present if they knew what was in their registered retirement savings plans. It took a moment for a show of hands because few had ever considered the question before, but soon most lifted their arms. MORE
Tagged financial, Investments, Mutual Funds, rrsp
February 27, 2012
- Masters of Money
Figure Out Your Funds
If you’re like the majority of investors, your portfolio is a little like the average basement. You know it’s there and you put things in it on a regular basis, but you’d be hard pressed to list the entire contents. Most people would never buy clothes without trying them on to see if they fit. You should take the same approach with regard to your investments. Fit, in this case, means how suitable your investments are for you. MORE
Tagged Funds, Investments, resp, rrsp
February 15, 2012
- Masters of Money
Is Buy and Hold Wrong?
Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, has been a leading proponent of buy and hold for decades, but he would never advocate buy, hold and ignore, which most do when following the axiom. A better directive is to buy, hold and evaluate. The reason is this: no one has a crystal ball when it comes to the markets or the economy. MORE
Tagged Investing, Strategies, warren buffet
February 7, 2012
- Masters of Money
Rebalancing: the Secret of Investment Success
Psst! Wanna hear a secret? Investment success doesn’t come from picking great stocks and mutual funds, nor does it come from knowing when to get in and out of the market or when a company is about to grab the brass ring or fall on its face. MORE
Tagged investment, Portfolio, rrsp, Secret
December 31, 2011
- Masters of Money
A New Year’s Resolution
New Year’s resolutions are so easy to make. Not only that, they’re satisfying – especially financial resolutions – because you know that if you stick to them, you will be richer down the road. Sorry to tell you, but there’s … MORE
Tagged Attention, New Year, Resolutions
