Short Takes: Income Swings, Buy vs. Rent, and more

Here are my posts for the past two weeks:

Stock-Picking Skill

Liberating Your Losers

The Success Equation

Here are some short takes and some weekend reading:

A new C.D. Howe Institute study concludes that Canadians whose incomes vary from year to year face an unfair tax penalty and that reforms are needed. I agree. My income is highly variable, and it seems unreasonable that during good years I’m incented to delay new work until January.

John Robertson gives a thoughtful and balanced discussion of whether to buy or rent a home.

Robb Engen at Boomer and Echo explains why he doesn’t hold bonds in his portfolio.

Big Cajun Man liked Doug Hoyes’ book enough to lift a few ideas from it.