I’m truly honoured that The Globe and Mail readers have selected WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com as Canada’s Best Investing Blog. My thanks to Rob Carrick, David Berman, Ram Balakrishnan and Chaya Cooperberg for the nomination and many thanks to the readers who voted! Since there are going to be some new readers here for the next few days, I thought I would highlight some areas of the blog to get you up to speed quickly…

(Side note: while I have many posts on indexing, I believe most investors would be better off with a *good* advisor – the two conditions are not mutually exclusive!)

I’m Giving Away an iPad

You lucky duck! You probably came to this blog not knowing that I give stuff away every now and then. I’ve given away digital cameras, DVDs, lots of investing and personal finance books, an iPod, a satellite GPS navigation system  and now I’m giving away an iPad. Click here to read all about the giveaway and to learn how you can enter – it’s free to enter and you can earn multiple entries.

Some Popular Articles I’ve Written

There are almost 800 posts on this blog so chances are there’s something for everyone. Take a look at the following 11 posts (10 articles and 1 video), divided roughly between intermediate and advanced level material. I pen some beginner level posts too and you can find those in the Master Archive.

• The “Grid”
• Fat Finger Trades (NOTE: Written about a week before the flash crash!)
• Active Share: Will the real MER please stand up?
• “ETF” does not mean “Index”
• How Reacting With Fear Hurts Portfolios

• Video interview with Michael Moore

Some of the more advanced posts:

• Fama-French Three Factor Model Challenged
• Index Fund Tracking Error Sources
• The Benchmark of a 130/30 Strategy is the Opportunity Set
• High Frequency Trading Explained
• ETNs – Exchange Traded Notes

Like I said, there is much more content in the master archives… click here to view them all.

Who Am I and What Is This Blog All About?

My name is Preet Banerjee and I originally trained as a neuroscientist (UofT), then I raced cars, and became a financial advisor and now I work for an index fund manufacturer. I also have a TV show in development with the W Network after winning their W Expert Search in 2009. Basically I can’t hold down a job. Click here to read more about me.

WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com is a personal finance and investing blog that is interactive (if you want it to be). You can just sign up for the free updates and pick and choose the updates you want to read, or you can come here daily and leave comments to interact with myself and the other readers. It’s totally up to you. Click here for a more detailed description about the blog.

Thanks everyone – I look forward to interacting with you in the future!

Preet