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John Robertson

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Born

Toronto, Canada

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http://www.holypotato.net

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Holy_Potato

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Nonfiction, Business

Member Since

July 2012

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John Robertson is a scientist, writer, investor, teacher, and all-around nice guy. He specializes in explaining complex topics – scientific or financial – for regular people. He has a PhD from the University of Western Ontario in Medical Biophysics, and spends his days as a science writer & editor for the Techna Institute in Toronto.

Personal finance and investing have long been personal passions for John. He has been an active part of the Canadian personal finance community for over 7 years, blogging at Blessed by the Potato, creating spreadsheets and how-to guides amongst other commentary, analyses, and plain silly interludes. In 2011 he started an investor "technical support" service to help investors move away from relying on commissione ...more

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	The Value of Simple: A Practical Guide to Taking the Complexity Out of Investing 4.21 avg rating — 572 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Potato's Short Guide to DIY Investing 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars