A tip for clueless investors

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A Tip for Clueless Investors

Avoid stocks - that’s the argument in this post on a blog called Canadian Dream: Free at 45.

One of the foremost voices in the avoid stocks school of retirement saving is David Trahair, author of Enough Bull: How to Retire Well without the Stock Market, Mutual Funds, or Even an Investment Advisor.

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