Making sense of the markets this week: September 10, 2023 + MORE Sep 8th
Financial reality check: 5 money rules Gen Z should retire + MORE Dec 18th
Before the Bell: What every Canadian investor needs to know today - The Globe and Mail Feb 15th
What does Nvidia’s stock split mean for Canadian investors? + MORE Jun 13th
Your American spouse may not want to inherit your TFSA Jun 2nd
Making sense of the markets this week: April 2, 2023
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Kyle Prevost, editor of Million Dollar Journey and founder of the Canadian Financial Summit, shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.
Freeland fires again at Canadian Banks
There are several big-picture looks at the important aspects of the Canadian federal budget that was unveiled on Tuesday. For this week’s “Making sense of the markets this week” column, we’re focussing on two lesser-reported items buried in the details: A new measure aimed at Canadian banks, and another at corporate shareholders. (Read MoneySense’s full coverage of the 2023 federal budget.)
The 2023 federal budget and banks
If you’re a Canadian bank shareholder you may already be smarting from the hit you took in the last budget when the Canada Recovery Dividend was announced, and an extra 1.5% corporate tax was placed on banking and life insurance companies.
On Tuesday, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that the Income Tax Act would be amended, and that dividends received on Canadian shares held by Canadian banks and insurers would be treated as business income…
