Promod Sharma

website: blog.riscario.com
This blog reveals how wealthy Canadians tame financial risks.

Here are some posts.

The Latest

1. How Referrals Lead You Astray: The Big Lesson from a Wet Basement (Mar 22, 2009) + podcast
2. Warren Buffett's Tough Career Choice: Actuary or Billionaire? (Mar 14, 2009) + podcast
3. What Does Carrying $1,000 Cash For 30 Days Do To You? (Mar 8, 2009) + podcast
4. 10-8 Leveraging: Are Tax Audits on the Way? (Mar 1, 2009) + podcast
5. Surviving An Audit: Two Lies and Three Tips (Feb 21, 2009) + podcast
6. The Weirdest Valentine's Day (Feb 14, 2009)
7. Your Life Expectancy Exceeds 1 Billion Seconds (Feb 8, 2009) + podcast
8. PersonalBrain 5: Data to Information to Wisdom (Feb 1, 2009) + podcast
9. Outliers: Mastery plus Opportunity trumps Talent (Jan 25, 2009) + podcast
10. Secret 7: The Best Tax Sheltering in Canada (Jan 17, 2009) + podcast
11. Listen To The First-ever Podcast on Riscario Insider (Jan 11, 2009) + podcast
12. The 100th post! (Jan 10, 2009)
13. Your Favourite Posts of 2008 And More (Jan 5, 2009)
14. Christmas in the Emergency Ward (Dec 25, 2008)
15. Hero To Zero: Why Satisfaction is Relative (Dec 20. 2008)
16. Solve Problems Like A Magician: Four Steps from Dai Vernon via David Ben (Dec 14, 2008)
17. Richard Branson: When Your Servant Is Your Master (Dec 7, 2008)
18. Fearing The Wrong Risks (With Examples) (Nov 30, 2008)
19. New Seth Godin - Tribes - Hear It For Free (Nov 23, 2008)
20. What Happened on Take Our Kids To Work Day? (Nov 15, 2008)
21. How An Actuary Invests (Nov 8, 2008)
22. Annoying Pest Or Welcome Guest? The Do Not Call List (Oct 25, 2008)

General

1. Warren Buffett's Tough Career Choice: Actuary or Billionaire? + podcast
2. What Does Carrying $1,000 Cash For 30 Days Do To You? + podcast
3. Outliers: Mastery plus Opportunity trumps Talent + podcast
4. The 100th post!
5. Listen To The First-ever Podcast on Riscario Insider + podcast
6. Your Favourite Posts of 2008 And More
7. Who's Reading What Here: Jan-June 2008
8. Christmas in the Emergency Ward
9. Hero To Zero: Why Satisfaction is Relative
10. Richard Branson: When Your Servant Is Your Master
11. Solve Problems Like A Magician: Four Steps from Dai Vernon via David Ben
12. New Seth Godin - Tribes - Hear It For Free
13. Quotable Quotes: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People
14. Scheduling Your Priorities The Seven Habits Way
15. Getting Things Done: Three Big Lessons
16. The Friendly Way: Remember The Milk And Everything Else
17. PersonalBrain 5: Data to Information to Wisdom (Feb 1, 2009) + podcast
18. Saving Paper, Time and Space
19. Getting What We Want By Distorting Our Spending
20. Losing Your Livelihood: Insuring Against The Risk
21. Annoying Pest Or Welcome Guest? The Do Not Call List
22. Live - The Prime Minister and Others

Life Insurance

1. Does Warren Buffett "Buy Term and Invest The Difference"?
2. Keeping Promises: Do You Care About Corporate Governance Scores?
3. The Top Life Insurers: Is Bigger Better Or Best?
4. Oblivion: What Happens If My Life Insurance Company Dies?
5. Secret 7: The Best Tax Sheltering in Canada + podcast
6. The Overlooked Advantages of Universal Life
7. How Pink Floyd's Insights On Mortality Help You
8. The Two Drawbacks Of Investing In Life Insurance
9. The Original and Overlooked Tax-Free Savings Account
10. The High Cost of Joint First To Die (JFTD) Life Insurance
11. Fearing The Wrong Risks (With Examples)
12. Secret 7: The Best Tax Sheltering in Canada

Mortality Risk

1. Your Life Expectancy Exceeds 1 Billion Seconds + podcast

Advisors

1. How To Evaluate A Proposal From An Advisor
2. Your Trusted Financial Advisor: What You Like/Dislike (Sep 14, 2008)
3. When Doctors Disagree: Toe To Toe
4. What Happened on Take Our Kids To Work Day?
5. How An Actuary Invests

Leveraging

1. The Pros and Cons of Financial Leveraging
2. "10-8" Leveraging: Creating Tax Deductions
3. "10-8" Leveraging: Turbocharging the Top 5 Insured Strategies
4. 10-8 Leveraging: Are Tax Audits on the Way? + podcast
5. Surviving An Audit: Two Lies and Three Tips + podcast
6. The Dread Of Going To A Bank For A Loan

Actuaries

1. Should You Switch To An Actuarial Career?
2. How An Actuary Invests
3. Warren Buffett's Tough Career Choice: Actuary or Billionaire? + podcast

Miscellaneous

1. How Referrals Lead You Astray: The Big Lesson from a Wet Basement + podcast
2. The Weirdest Valentine's Day
3. The Dangers Of Visiting OSFI's Website
4. Google Locks This Blog As Spam ?!?
5. Five Tips For A Perfect Wedding
6. A Week In A Handicapped Hotel Suite
7. Flying Without A Full Tank