The Portfolio Chef: Satisfy Your Investment Appetite

168 Pages·2004·7.63 MB·English

by  Nancy Woods

THE
PORTFOLIO
CHEF
Copyright © Nancy E. Woods, 2004
Published by ECW Press
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Nancy Woods is an Investment Advisor with BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. Opinions
are those of the author and may not reflect those of BMO Nesbitt Burns. The
information and opinions contained herein have been compiled from sources
believed reliable but no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made
as to their accuracy or completeness.
National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Woods, Nancy, 1961-
The portfolio chef : satisfy your investment appetite / Nancy Woods.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-55022-589-8
1. Investments. 2. Portfolio management. I.Title.
HG4521.W66 2003 332.67'8 C2003-902200-5
Editor: Tracey Millen
Cover and Text Design :Tania Craan
Cover Photo: Richard Beland
Illustrations: Heather Vassallo
Production: Mary Bowness
Printing: Marc Veilleux Imprimeur
This book is set in Akzidenz Grotesk and Joanna
The publication of The Portfolio Chef has been generously
supported by the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the Ontario Media
Development Corporation, and the Government of Canada through the Book
Publishing Industry Development Program. Canada
Distribution
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United States: Independent Publishers Group, 814 North Franklin Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60610
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THE
PORTFOLIO
CHEF
SATISFY YOUR
INVESTMENT APPETITE
NANCY WOODS
INVERSTMENTADVISOR
ECW Press
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For Bryan, Cortney, Megan, Tyler, and Gavin,
who I actually cook for every day
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The book you are about to read started out as something to do at 2:30
in the morning. I had a long period of insomnia. After making lunches
and cleaning the house as quietly as I could, I sat in front of the com-
puter and typed out my ideas. Numerous times I have heard Oprah
Winfrey and author Cheryl Richardson say that everyone has a hidden
passion inside of them. The Portfolio Chef seems to be mine.
This is not a personal finance book, but an investment book that teaches
readers how to make well-informed decisions.
The Portfolio Chef could not have been completed without the help of
numerous people, who I would like to thank. Jack David, who had the
wisdom to gamble on something other than poker; Tracey Millen, who
let me constantly badger her with questions and who punished me
with sticky notes; Tania Craan, for her designer's eye; Heather Vassallo,
for her artistic eye; Richard Beland, for his photographer's eye; Nellie
Kee, for her investing prowess and for teaching it to me; Greg loannou
and Eva Blank at Colborne Communications; professional tax account-
ants Lewis DeMoss and Alex Montero, who kept me current on
American retirement plans; Gord Ward, who exercised the engineer
exactness in him to check the manuscript's technical accuracy; Bill
McNeill, Bill Haldane, Tammy Carpenter, Kevin Burke, Brenda Wilson,
and Keith Edwards at BMO Nesbitt Burns; Donald Coxe at Harris
Investment Management; Tony North at Standard and Poor's; Nancy
Lockhart at Frum Development Group; Ralph Acampora at Prudential
Financial; Bill Carrigan at the Toronto Star; numerous family, friends, and
neighbors, who always encouraged me and let me test my recipes on
them; and my clients, who let me be their chef.
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