Quotes of the Day

You may want to change the way you eat and drink. Arsenic is naturally found in wells and groundwater, so you can either have your water tested or use a filter. Avoid plastic drinking bottles and cookware. Even BPA (Bisphenol A)-free plastic bottles may not be free of other harmful chemicals. BPA substitutes may be as unsafe; they just haven't been studied to the same extent. Avoid living near major roadways if possible. Greenery--trees, green space, and even house plants--can help reduce the levels of air pollutants inside your home and in a city. Try to walk in parks, plant trees, and support urban forestry. [2017] - Elizabeth Blackburn

Systems using three different moving averages usually produce signals when the shortest period moving average crosses both longer moving averages, or when the shortest moving average crosses the middle one and then the middle one subsequently crosses the longest. Although crossover signals can often be exceptionally profitable, those traders that use them must be prepared for frequent losses resulting from common whipsaw action. The whipsaw is simply an unavoidable fact of trading with moving averages. [2009] - James Chen

To buy when everyone else is selling, and to bide your time when everyone else is buying. [2001] - Dolf de Roos

Research has shown that you can receive 60 percent of the total benefit from resistance training by doing one set of eight to 10 repetitions per muscle group two to three times per week. And you can receive more than 80 percent of the benefit by doing two sets. Each repetition should be between 60 and 85 percent of the maximum weight you are able to lift one time, or your “one-rep max.” When you have been using one weight level for a while, lifting may become easy. This is called adaptation. To continue getting stronger, you must increase the weight you are lifting. It is time to increase the weight when you can easily lift your current weight 12 times. You can then progress your weight by 5 percent and decrease your number of repetitions to eight. [2015] - Vonda Wright

In general, building an entire portfolio out of ETFs usually makes sense starting in the ballpark of $50,000. Anything less than that, and you're most likely better off with mutual funds or a mix of mutual funds and ETFs. The exception is if you're buying ETFs using Scotia iTrade or Qtrade, where many ETFs can be traded for free. In that case, the ETF portfolio may make sense for even the smallest of accounts. [2013] - Russell Wild