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How it works: Capital gains tax on the sale of a property + MORE May 3rd
Capital gains. Even the mention of these two words together can immediately conjure myths about owing the government 50% of the money earned from selling a home. But, like most rumours, it’s only half true—for now. You may have also heard that Budget 2024, the Canadian federal government introdu.... More »
With schizophrenia in remission, accused Toronto financial district killer declared fit to stand trial - National Post + MORE Oct 30th
National PostWith schizophrenia in remission, accused Toronto financial district killer declared fit to stand trialNational PostRohinie Bisesar is mentally fit to stand trial, but will plead that she is not criminally responsible because of mental illness in the stabbing death three years ago of a y.... More »
Home Capital: Finance billionaire Smith bets Canada’s housing slump won’t last - BNN Bloomberg Nov 21st
Home Capital: Finance billionaire Smith bets Canada’s housing slump won’t last BNN BloombergAlternative mortgage lender Home Capital to be bought by Smith Financial for $1.7-billion The Globe and MailHome Capital's current share price worth below $30/share is a worse case s.... More »
Bank of Montreal U.S. operations drive better-than-expected Q3 results Aug 29th
BMO Financial Group's expansion south of the border appears to be paying off as its U.S. operations boosted the bank's third-quarter results that topped analyst expectations..... More »
Compare the Best GIC Rates in Canada 2020 + MORE May 29th
How to use this tool: You can simply scan the table below to view GIC interest rates offered by financial institutions across Canada. Click on one of the tabs at the top of the table to focus on your choice of Non-Registered, Registered, TFSA-eligible or U.S.-dollar GICs.
Or, follow the prompts in t.... More »
Industry insiders tell Go Public how weak regulations in Canada allow them to ignore their clients’ interests and sell them financial products and services with costly fees they don’t understand.
Meet Evan Siddall, the CEO who remade the CMHC
– canadianbusiness.com
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation CEO Evan Siddell. (Portrait by Jessica Deeks)Evan Siddall, the chief executive officer of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., likes to give books to people he is getting to know. A favourite is This Is Water, an essay about self-centredness by David Foster Wallace, which begins with an allegory:
“There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, ‘Morning, boys. How’s the water?’
And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, ‘What the hell is water?’ ”
CMHC was a lot like that insular fish when Siddall arrived at the end of 2013.The agency, created in 1946 to build houses for veterans of the Second World War, liked to describe itself as the “heart of housing”—an enormous Crown corporation that dominated the mortgage insurance market, guaranteed complex, bond-like assets called mortgage-backed securities, and subsidized the building and upkeep of First Nations and social housing…
Gold hits five-month high on rising geopolitical risks
– theglobeandmail.com
Investors take refuge in safe-haven assets in wake of rising geopolitical tensions over North Korea
For markets, hot wars and currency cold wars
– theglobeandmail.com
Haven assets move on geopolitics as U.S. dollar shifts on Trump comments
