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The new Canadian Mortgage Charter explained - CBC News + MORE Nov 23rd
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Dow futures jump more than 350 points on reports Trump will hold back some tariffs: Live updates - CNBC Mar 24th
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Online “finfluencers” grow up + MORE Jul 3rd
If you’re someone near or at retirement, has a column like the one you’re now reading ever “finfluenced” any of your financial decisions? Increasingly, many Canadian investors are turning to a new generation of voices online, a trend that regulators are starting to watch more closely.
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Friday's analyst upgrades and downgrades - The Globe and Mail Mar 22nd
Friday's analyst upgrades and downgrades The Globe and MailAlimentation Couche-Tard reports lower earnings amid economic headwinds Yahoo Canada FinanceCircle K Owner (ATD CN) Sees Sales, Profit Drop as Consumers Pull Back Spending BloombergCouche-Tard shares plunge a.... More »
Making sense of the markets this week: June 9, 2024 Jun 7th
Kyle Prevost, creator of 4 Steps to a Worry-Free Retirement, Canada’s DIY retirement planning course, shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.
“The Big Cut”
While The Big Short film is a riveting watch, “The Big Cut” may be even more enthralling.&nbs.... More »
A Wave of Start-ups Are Disrupting the $2-Billion Funeral Industry
– canadianbusiness.com
Like many tech-savvy Millennials, Mallory Greene always knew she wanted to launch her own start-up. She mulled over ideas and options while building up her resumé at the investment company Wealthsimple, where she was the head of corporate social responsibility. For several years, she just had no idea what kind of business she might want to run. “Then I realized it was in front of me the whole time,” she says. “I grew up around death.”
Greene’s mom is a hospice nurse. Her dad is a funeral director—the Dan Aykroyd to her Anna Chlumsky from My Girl. “My school friends ridiculed me because they thought it was so disturbing,” she says. “People constantly ask if my life was just like that movie.”
In 2019, at the age of 26, Greene founded Eirene, a direct-to-consumer cremation (and aquamation—more on this later) service that lets users bypass archaic and expensive funeral homes in favour of a streamlined all-digital process, where the body of a loved one can be ferried away within hours of dying and their ashes delivered to your door within the week…
