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5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday - CNBC Aug 31st
5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday CNBCU.S. stocks up again in 'bad news is good news' world BNN BloombergStocks Finish Higher as Speculation Builds for a Less Aggressive Fed BarchartStock market today: Global shares trade higher ahead of US upda.... More »
The best dividend stocks in Canada 2024 + MORE Oct 9th
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Is VGRO a good investment? What else should I buy? Jun 10th
The Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio (VGRO) has been a staple of many do-it-yourself investor portfolios since its launch in January 2018—becoming, along with its siblings VBAL and VCNS, the first asset-allocation exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Canada.
For a 0.24% management expense ratio (MER), .... More »
Stop calling Canada's latest big idea a sovereign wealth fund | About That - CBC + MORE May 1st
Stop calling Canada's latest big idea a sovereign wealth fund | About That CBCOpinion: Should debt-ridden Canada really be borrowing $25-billion to invest more? The Globe and MailPrime Minister Carney announces the Canada Strong Fund – Canada’s first sovereign wealth fund&n.... More »
Do you need that bank mutual fund? Maybe not + MORE 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 »
How a Government Worker Extorted Millions From Canadian Businesses
– canadianbusiness.com
On a Friday night in August 2020, Arthur Keech was working late from his home office in Vancouver. Keech is an IT manager for Amacon, a large real estate developer. He had only been in the role for about seven months when he received a curious note from one of his colleagues: They had tried to open a network file but couldn’t. Keech figured it was an error—someone had screwed up a file name. But when he went to log into the company’s operating system, he couldn’t. “That’s weird,” he thought. He used a different login and managed to gain access, but he only needed to take one look to realize he had a big problem.
Keech immediately noticed that all of the file extensions had been changed from the standard .doc to “random garbage.” And when he tried to access any of the Windows files, a note popped up: “Hi! Your files are encrypted,” it began. Keech’s heart was pounding. He knew exactly what was happening: It was a ransomware attack. Someone, or some group of people, had exploited a technical vulnerability or used social engineering—like phishing—to hack into his company’s system…
