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What happens when you need additional contents insurance? Apr 1st
When Anita Clarke bought her first townhome in Toronto’s west end last year, she started researching insurance policies. The 47-year-old senior managing editor at Shopify previously had tenant insurance with a contents limit of $90,000. But, as she moved into her new home, she wanted to make .... More »
Iran conflict latest: IEA warns of "very severe" oil crisis sparked by war - Investing.com + MORE Mar 23rd
Iran conflict latest: IEA warns of "very severe" oil crisis sparked by war Investing.comMore than 40 Middle East energy assets ‘severely damaged,’ IEA chief says CNBCIran war energy crisis equal to 70s twin oil shocks and Ukraine invasion fallout, says IEA chief | First Thi.... More »
2022’s year in Review: The financial highs, lows and what’s in store for 2023 Dec 22nd
Investors started 2022 celebrating the record highs of 2021. The S&P 500, Dow Jones and NASDAQ were all up double digits. The S&P 500 achieved the greatest gains in 2021, ending the year up nearly 27%. The feeling was “onward and upward”—then macro issues took over and that changed eve.... More »
Win Big With the TSX Venture 50 Feb 24th
Launched today, the TSX Venture 50 is a ranking of top performers on the TSX Venture Exchange over the past year. To celebrate, they’re running Canada’s Top Public Venture Capitalist Contest.
This virtual stock portfolio contest lets you trade this year’s TSX Venture 50 stocks over eigh.... More »
Couples and credit scores: How your partner’s credit can affect yours Feb 6th
When you experience that exhilarating feeling of falling in love and the person you’re dating checks every box, it can be easy to miss a few red flags. One of those is their credit history.
But, if the relationship is (becoming) serious, and you’re thinking about getting engaged, moving in to.... More »
Making sense of the markets this week: October 26
– moneysense.ca
Each week, Cut the Crap Investing founder Dale Roberts shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.The pandemic holiday season is near
This will be our first “global pandemic holiday season.”
That phrase does not have a nice festive ring to it, I know. And it might not be full of good cheer. As per what has become the most used pandemic phrase for my wife and me: ”It is what it is.” The holiday season is coming, and the pandemic ain’t going away.
Still, North Americans are sure to shop. But how will they shop? Will Canadians and Americans finally fill the malls again? Or will we stay at home and use that iPad and Amazon to cross everything off that holiday list?
Deloitte has conducted their 35th holiday shopping survey in an attempt to discover how this season might shape up. We can look to the U.S. study and see many of these behaviours translate to Canada. After all, share many of the same attitudes and fears as our American neighbour, and both countries are experiencing that second wave of the pandemic…
