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The canadian's guide to investing
SMART INVESTING, THE CANADIAN WAY Investing doesn't have to be overly complicated. The Canadian's Guide to Investing takes you through the basics of investing and explains how to make the most of stocks, bonds, real estate, and business investments. Tailored to Canadian investors, this book covers the Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Canadian bonds, and the considerations specific to investing from the great white north! How to . . .
185 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2019
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Tony Martin
134 books18 followersTony Martin (February 21, 1942 – January 17, 2013) was a Trinidad-born professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. He retired in June 2007 as professor emeritus after 34 years teaching at the Africana Studies Department, where he was a founding member.
He was a lecturer and author of scholarly articles about Black History. His written works about the plagiarism by the Greeks of African philosophy, and statements regarding Jewish involvement in the American slave trade have both been a source of ongoing controversy.
In October 1991, a Wellesley student, Michelle Plantec, while on hall duty, claimed that she saw Martin wandering in a female dorm in a restricted area, in violation of a rule requiring male guests to be escorted. When she asked him about his escort, Martin, she claims, responded using profanity, accused her of racism and bigotry, and positioned himself so as to physically intimidate her. Martin denied all these claims, and declared that a group of women "accosted him rudely, despite circumstances that in his view made the legitimacy of his presence obvious."
In an interview with a campus newspaper, Plantec said: "I stopped him and said, 'Excuse me, sir, who are you with?' He looked at me and said, 'What do you mean?' I said, 'What Wellesley student are you with?' and at that point he exploded and called me a fucking bitch, a racist, and a bigot, among other things. ...After all this, he went back into his meeting and said the only reason I had stopped him was because he was black.
Out of this grew Martin's most famous book, The Jewish Onslaught: Despatches from the Wellesley Battlefront. The Chair of Martin's department at Wellesley, Selwyn R. Cudjoe, labelled Martin's book "Gangsta history, meant to demean and to defame others and to bring them into disrepute, rather than to enlighten and to lead us to a more complex and sophisticated understanding of social phenomena. It ought to be labeled anti-Semitic." The majority of the Wellesley faculty signed a statement condemning Martin's work "for its racial and ethnic stereotyping and for its anti-Semitism."
Martin's book was also criticized in a statement by the president of Wellesley College:
[The book] gratuitously attacks individuals and groups at Wellesley College through innuendo and the application of racial and religious stereotype.... Despite Professor Martin's incendiary words, and his attempt to portray Wellesley College as a repressive institution bent on silencing him, we will continue to recognize his right to express himself.
In June 2002, Martin presented a talk entitled Tactics of Organized Jewry in Suppressing Free Speech at the 14th IHR Conference sponsored by the Institute for Historical Review. The Institute for Historical Review is devoted to anti-Semitic literature and especially Holocaust denial and has been linked to neo-Nazi groups. since 1995 it has been headed by a member of the white supremacist National Alliance.
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He was a lecturer and author of scholarly articles about Black History. His written works about the plagiarism by the Greeks of African philosophy, and statements regarding Jewish involvement in the American slave trade have both been a source of ongoing controversy.
In October 1991, a Wellesley student, Michelle Plantec, while on hall duty, claimed that she saw Martin wandering in a female dorm in a restricted area, in violation of a rule requiring male guests to be escorted. When she asked him about his escort, Martin, she claims, responded using profanity, accused her of racism and bigotry, and positioned himself so as to physically intimidate her. Martin denied all these claims, and declared that a group of women "accosted him rudely, despite circumstances that in his view made the legitimacy of his presence obvious."
In an interview with a campus newspaper, Plantec said: "I stopped him and said, 'Excuse me, sir, who are you with?' He looked at me and said, 'What do you mean?' I said, 'What Wellesley student are you with?' and at that point he exploded and called me a fucking bitch, a racist, and a bigot, among other things. ...After all this, he went back into his meeting and said the only reason I had stopped him was because he was black.
Out of this grew Martin's most famous book, The Jewish Onslaught: Despatches from the Wellesley Battlefront. The Chair of Martin's department at Wellesley, Selwyn R. Cudjoe, labelled Martin's book "Gangsta history, meant to demean and to defame others and to bring them into disrepute, rather than to enlighten and to lead us to a more complex and sophisticated understanding of social phenomena. It ought to be labeled anti-Semitic." The majority of the Wellesley faculty signed a statement condemning Martin's work "for its racial and ethnic stereotyping and for its anti-Semitism."
Martin's book was also criticized in a statement by the president of Wellesley College:
[The book] gratuitously attacks individuals and groups at Wellesley College through innuendo and the application of racial and religious stereotype.... Despite Professor Martin's incendiary words, and his attempt to portray Wellesley College as a repressive institution bent on silencing him, we will continue to recognize his right to express himself.
In June 2002, Martin presented a talk entitled Tactics of Organized Jewry in Suppressing Free Speech at the 14th IHR Conference sponsored by the Institute for Historical Review. The Institute for Historical Review is devoted to anti-Semitic literature and especially Holocaust denial and has been linked to neo-Nazi groups. since 1995 it has been headed by a member of the white supremacist National Alliance.
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May 15, 2020
Concise and perfectly thorough for readers seeking to get the investing basics ... and then a little more. Rereading this book is a high likelihood.
April 15, 2021
Not bad for a book I picked up on a whim while on sale. Basic concepts presented in an easy-to-understand manner. Great for anyone just starting their investment journey.
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January 9, 2024Breezy read, good reference book to learn the basics. The chapter on mutual funds caused me to go look at how much in fees I've been paying all these years - scary! Very good overview and recommend to those who want a quick overview of investment options and strategies.
April 11, 2022
The perfect length. A great concise guide to investing from a Canadian perspective.
August 2, 2025
3.5 ⭐️
February 16, 2020
Amazing book. In my opinion, books need to evolve to this book's format; I've read the negative reviews of this book, and I found that the problem is that raters expect it to be a full encyclopedia.
In the age of the internet, a book needs to save the reader's time (because of how quick information may get obsolete) and just show the reader the right direction, and this is exactly what this book does... It shows the different options, concisely summarizes each of them and gives hints every now and then. Anything that I was interested in, I simply went online and looked for details. This is what makes books valuable nowadays as the internet becomes a big mess with tons of information and where things can easily be overlooked.
In the age of the internet, a book needs to save the reader's time (because of how quick information may get obsolete) and just show the reader the right direction, and this is exactly what this book does... It shows the different options, concisely summarizes each of them and gives hints every now and then. Anything that I was interested in, I simply went online and looked for details. This is what makes books valuable nowadays as the internet becomes a big mess with tons of information and where things can easily be overlooked.
January 6, 2020
Decent book as a refresher but falls short of the details I was looking for.
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