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Canadians are in better financial shape than the pessimists think + MORE Jun 8th
Two reports over the past week provide fresh evidence that Canadians are reasonable savers, with strongly rising levels of wealth and good prospects for enjoyable retirements
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Is the world prepared to weather the next financial crisis? + MORE Oct 6th
Given the current lack of recession-fighting tools, the best we can do is hope
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With debt payment looming, House weighs Puerto Rico bill + MORE Jun 9th
WASHINGTON – With a $2 billion debt payment looming, House leaders and President Barack Obama are pressuring lawmakers in both parties to support legislation to help ease Puerto Rico’s financial crisis.
The House is scheduled to begin debate Thursday on a bill that would create a financi.... More »
Some funds offer to tame market’s chaos, but at a price + MORE Jan 21st
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Freaked out by the stock market’s big swings?
Then the investment industry has something it built just for you: funds that hope to offer a steadier ride. That sounds especially comforting after this year’s jarring start for markets, in which drops of more than 1 pe.... More »
Justin Trudeau appoints Richard Wagner next Supreme Court chief justice + MORE Dec 12th
Daniel Sabourin/Laforest et Sabourin
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Justice Richard Wagner to be the next chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Wagner was born in Montreal and earned a law degree from the University of Ottawa in 1979.
He practised law for more than 20.... More »
5.5 year – 2.70%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Outlook Financial and was updated on 2013-03-14. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Global stocks fall after Fed official’s comments spark speculation about stimulus program end
– macleans.ca
BANGKOK – World stock markets fell Wednesday, led by a plunge in Japan’s benchmark…
Energy and mining stocks — especially the gold miners — led a substantial pull-back for the TSX on Tuesday as a broad-based sell-off hit most sectors.
4.5 year – 2.45%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Outlook Financial and was updated on 2013-03-14. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Reader Questions – FAQs about my retirement plan
– myownadvisor.ca
I receive a number of emails every week about my approach to saving and investing. I’ll be the first person to acknowledge my investment strategies here and here have been far from perfect execution. I’ve made a bunch of mistakes actually. I’m probably making some today; do I own the right stocks? Did I buy my stocks at the right prices? Am I holding stocks that will eventually tank? Should I just index invest everything? Should I own more bonds?
I could go on and on but I’ve come to realize that while the outcomes to investing are very important, the journey is vital. I enjoy learning about personal finance, investing and tax management and largely because of that I’ve been able to stick to a plan I believe in. Investing is very much like keeping an exercise routine. A little discipline every day can go a long ways.
On that theme of discipline, I feel in my late-30s I’ve finally started to get my financial act together. When things started to turn the corner for me, I started this blog and I’ve been writing ever since…
I could go on and on but I’ve come to realize that while the outcomes to investing are very important, the journey is vital. I enjoy learning about personal finance, investing and tax management and largely because of that I’ve been able to stick to a plan I believe in. Investing is very much like keeping an exercise routine. A little discipline every day can go a long ways.
On that theme of discipline, I feel in my late-30s I’ve finally started to get my financial act together. When things started to turn the corner for me, I started this blog and I’ve been writing ever since…
