Banking in Canada can be a murky subject – one that we hope to shed some light on with a series of highly informational articles.
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Making sense of the markets this week: November 27, 2022 Nov 26th
This week, Cut the Crap Investing founder, Dale Roberts, shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.
It’s wonderful to be back writing “Making sense of the markets this week” at MoneySense. I am gladly filling in for a few weeks while Kyle Prevost is away on a drea.... More »
The best travel credit cards in Canada for 2024 + MORE Oct 21st
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Compare your travel card options with our interactive tool and filter credit cards based on rewards value, annual fees, income requirements and more.
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Not sure about DeFi? Here’s how Coinchange is making crypto investments safe and easy Sep 23rd
As of September 2021, there is more than US$115 billion worth of assets in the Decentralized finance crypto market.
Decentralized finance, or DeFi, provides an alternative to traditional banks. Instead of having a third party in a financial transaction—a role banks traditionally played—there .... More »
The best banks in Canada Oct 17th
Most Canadians are aware of the Big Five banks: RBC, TD, Scotiabank, BMO and CIBC. And some may even know that occasionally National Bank of Canada sneaks in and expands that list to six. But even with these accounted for, there are dozens of banks in this country, each offering its own suite of per.... More »
Do you need that bank mutual fund? Maybe not Jul 10th
A regulator-led survey of Ontario mutual fund dealers based out of big banks finds a sizable minority are not always acting in the interests of clients.
The survey of close to 3,000 dealers by the Ontario Securities Commission and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization found that 25% say.... More »
On the trail of Forrest Fenn’s hidden treasure
– macleans.ca
The Chama river in Northern New Mexico has been a hotspot for treasure seekers looking for Fenn’s Gold due to both its proximity to Fenn’s home in Santa Fe, and references to water and canyons in his poem. (Photograph by Josh Biggs)There is smoke in the valley at daybreak, and the smell of coal fire pinches the nostrils as the screen door of the old café claps shut. Above us is a sky as clear as gemstones. This chill will change to shimmering heat by lunchtime. The search begins.
Below the little village is a healthy, happy river called the Rio Chama, surging its way from the Colorado snow slopes, down through the piñon and juniper and yellow-red canyons of New Mexico, keeping its immemorial rendezvous with the mighty Rio Grande, divider of nations. And somewhere along the Chama’s banks—maybe—is a small chest whose contents are said to include, as in the words of Edgar Allan Poe in The Gold-Bug:
“A treasure of incalculable value . . . gold of antique date and of great variety …
