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How to manage multiple investment accounts + MORE Aug 13th
Model portfolios like those I recommend are ideal for investors who have a single RRSP account. But life isn’t so simple once you’ve accumulated a significant portfolio: chances are you’ll be managing two or three accounts, and if you have a spouse there may well be a few more.
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Sony invests £767million in Epic Games to help build the metaverse - NME Apr 12th
Sony invests £767million in Epic Games to help build the metaverse NMESony Goes Big On Epic Games With Whopping $1 Billion Investment KotakuSony And LEGO's Parent Company Are Investing Billions Of Dollars in Epic Games - IGN IGNSony just threw $1 billion at Epic Gam.... More »
Why the volatility index’s rock-bottom levels signal real peril for investors + MORE May 9th
If indeed there’s not much to worry about in today’s elevated stock prices, as the VIX suggests, consider what that means for future returns
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Huge offshore data leak reveals financial secrets of global elite — from the Queen to former PMs - CBC.ca + MORE Nov 5th
CBC.caHuge offshore data leak reveals financial secrets of global elite — from the Queen to former PMsCBC.caAn enormous new leak of tax-haven financial records — rivalling the Panama Papers in size and scope — is laying bare some of the financial secrets of the world's elite, from the Que.... More »
Feds announce one-time $3,000 payment for Ukrainians taking refuge in Canada - CBC News Jun 2nd
Feds announce one-time $3,000 payment for Ukrainians taking refuge in Canada CBC News'I want to see my kids, my wife': More than 300 Ukrainians land in Halifax Thursday CTV News AtlanticUkrainians who fled to Canada will receive financial help from feds in coming days &nbs.... More »
Families ‘scarred’ from financial crisis hold tight to cash, shun risk 5 yrs later
– canadianbusiness.com
NEW YORK, N.Y. – They speak different languages, live in countries rich and poor, face horrible job markets and healthy ones. When it comes to money, though, they act as one: They’re holding tight to their cash, driven more by a fear of losing what they have than a desire to add to it.
Five years after U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering a global financial crisis and shattering confidence worldwide, families in countries as varied as the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and Germany remain hunkered down, too spooked and distrustful to take chances with their money.
An Associated Press analysis of households in the 10 biggest economies shows that families continue to spend cautiously and have pulled hundreds of billions of dollars out of stocks, cut borrowing for the first time in decades and poured money into savings and bonds that offer puny interest payments, often too low to keep up with inflation.
“It doesn’t take very much to destroy confidence, but it takes an awful lot to build it back,” says Ian Bright, senior economist at ING, a global bank based in Amsterdam…
Five years after U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering a global financial crisis and shattering confidence worldwide, families in countries as varied as the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and Germany remain hunkered down, too spooked and distrustful to take chances with their money.
An Associated Press analysis of households in the 10 biggest economies shows that families continue to spend cautiously and have pulled hundreds of billions of dollars out of stocks, cut borrowing for the first time in decades and poured money into savings and bonds that offer puny interest payments, often too low to keep up with inflation.
“It doesn’t take very much to destroy confidence, but it takes an awful lot to build it back,” says Ian Bright, senior economist at ING, a global bank based in Amsterdam…
5.5 year – 2.95%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Outlook Financial and was updated on 2013-09-16. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Shutdown spawns vacuum in farm market information; halts government farm payments
– canadianbusiness.com
WICHITA, Kan. – When Tim Peterson finished planting his 900 acres of winter wheat last week, the usually market-savvy Kansas farmer unexpectedly found himself struggling to make critical marketing decisions without being able to access to vital agricultural reports, casualties of the federal government shutdown.
“We have no clue what is going on in the market,” said Peterson, who farms near Monument in northwest Kansas. He typically protects his investment in seed and fertilizer by “locking in” the price his wheat crop will fetch next July with a futures contract, which shields farmers from market fluctuations by guaranteeing a price while the crop is in the ground.
Farmers and livestock producers use the reports put out by the National Agriculture Statistics Services to make decisions — such as how to price crops, which commodities to grow and when to sell them — as well as track cattle auction prices. Not only has the NASS stopped putting out new reports about demand and supply, exports and prices, but all websites with past information have been taken down…
“We have no clue what is going on in the market,” said Peterson, who farms near Monument in northwest Kansas. He typically protects his investment in seed and fertilizer by “locking in” the price his wheat crop will fetch next July with a futures contract, which shields farmers from market fluctuations by guaranteeing a price while the crop is in the ground.
Farmers and livestock producers use the reports put out by the National Agriculture Statistics Services to make decisions — such as how to price crops, which commodities to grow and when to sell them — as well as track cattle auction prices. Not only has the NASS stopped putting out new reports about demand and supply, exports and prices, but all websites with past information have been taken down…
Harvey Silverglate: How Prosecutors Rig Trials by Freezing Assets
– online.wsj.com
Is it fair to seize all a defendant owns without showing its criminal source? The Supreme Court will rule.
Mulcair and NDP plan new approach to pipeline politics – CBC.ca
– news.google.ca
CBC.caMulcair and NDP plan new approach to pipeline politicsCBC.caNDP leader Tom Mulcair has stopped referring to the contentious notion that a Canadian 'Dutch disease' created by surging energy exports is hurting the rest of the economy, and is hoping to introduce a new energy policy this fall. (Liam Richards/Canadian …First Nations issues would be top priority for an NDP government, Mulcair saysThe Globe and MailMulcair says no to wealth tax, while star NDP candidate supports measureCTV NewsMulcair says no to wealth tax, expects star NDP candidate to be team playerOttawa CitizenEdmonton Journalall 21 news articles »
