Quotes of the Day

Unless your home is almost brand new, or you're just recently had it painted, you should seriously consider repainting the entire interior before putting it up for sale. The typical home needs to be repainted every four to seven years. You can probably get your entire house painted for around $2,000. Use light colors. White used to be the most popular interior color. Today, many new homes feature a kind of light yellow or mustard color. Many upscale home use a variety of harmonious colors including yellows, grays, browns, blues, and many other deep colors. [2003] - Robert Irwin

To be true to yourself and be willing to not go along with the crowd. For in the market, it is usually the crowd that show up late and is slaughtered. Wise investors buy an investment when it's not popular. It's all "insider trading." The reason you want to have rich friends who are close to the inside is because that is where the money is made. It's made on information. [1998] - Robert T. Kiyosaki

You should try to get your overall investment fee down to about 0.6% a year, if not less. A robo-advisor (also known as an "automated investment advisor") is a firm that establishes and maintains your investment portfolio with minimal human supervision, all based on information that you provide online. One such firm is Wealthsimple. The Big-5 banks are also getting involved, such as RBC with its InvestEase platform. You pay the robo-advisor 0.2-0.5% a year as a management fee. You pay another 0.2% or so to access the advisor's exchange-traded funds (ETFs). [2020] - Frederick Vettese

We are perfectly satisfied if ninety-five out of one hundred people receiving our cold prospect mailing don't open it, so long as half of the remaining five reply. [2000] - Jay Abramham

Get out of bed as soon as you wake up in the morning. This applies to the situation of waking up in the mooning earlier than your threshold rise time. Avoid driving and other potentially dangerous activities while sleepy. If sleepiness is overwhelming, you may take a short nap (set aside no longer than 45 minutes) in the afternoon, between 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm. [2021] - Judith R. Davidson