This week I spoke to Tom Bradley, president of Steadyhand Investment Funds Inc., a Vancouver-based, mutual-fund group launched in April, 2007. He wanted to fill me in on what his funds were all about (I had inadvertently overlooked them in an article I did on low-fee funds awhile back).

Here is Part VII of the Quotable Guide to Passive Investing. Part I is here. To scroll through Parts II to VI, click on links at the bottom of each page.

Here is Part VI of the Quotable Guide to Passive Investing. Part I is here. To scroll through Parts II to V, click on links at the bottom of each page.

The Ontario government is tabling its proposed HST legislation this week (tax to come into effect July 1). B.C. is also moving forward on its HST.

Here is Part V of the Quotable Guide to Passive Investing. Part I is here. To access follow-on parts, click on links at the bottom of the each page.

Here is Part IV of the Quotable Guide to Passive Investing. Part I is here. Then follow the links at the bottom of the page to access the rest of the parts.

Taylor Larimore offers a guide on the Investment Gems webpage to the literature on passive index investing. Here is Part III of the Quotable Guide to Passive Investing, a condensation of his work. Part I can be found here and Part II here.

Many books on passive index investing have now been published and Taylor Larimore offers an excellent guide on his Investment Gems webpage. Here is Part II of the Quotable Guide to Passive Investing. Part I can be found here.

Many books on passive index investing have been published in recent years. Taylor Larimore offers an excellent bibliography on his Investment Gems webpage: not only does he provide a comprehensive list of books, but also a collection of key excerpts from each book.

William Bernstein, author of  The Four Pillars of Investing, has a new book out. It’s called The Investor's Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between. What’s it like? Here is a summary and some highlights (in “Coles Notes” fashion):