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Planning for retirement with little or no savings to draw on Jul 9th
Despite their best intentions some Canadians, facing a variety of financial challenges throughout their working lives, may not be able to save much towards retirement. Yet it’s difficult to know how to manage in those circumstances, as so much of the financial planning advice that’s shared widel.... More »
Investors say 'fake' experts on local radio shows conned them out of millions Feb 17th
Dozens of Ontario investors say they were conned out of millions of dollars after fraudsters using fake names were featured as investment "experts" on their favourite radio stations — on shows listeners say sounded like news but were actually infomercials..... More »
Too much success: Maria Tucker now + MORE May 1st
Illustrations by Amedeo De Palma
Maria Tucker, Toronto
Then: February/March 2004
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Now…
Ten years ago Maria Tucker was a 42-year-old marketing executive, earning a six-figure salary in Toronto. She was a single mom just a year away from paying off the mortgage on her townhouse. And because.... More »
Nearly half of Canadians within $200 of insolvency: survey - CTV News Jan 21st
Nearly half of Canadians within $200 of insolvency: survey CTV News46% of Canadians on the brink of insolvency as rates rise: Survey BNNBloomberg.caFour-in-10 British Columbians within $200 of insolvency CityNews VancouverRising interest rates a big worry to Canadian.... More »
Want to Supersize Your Business? Buy Another Aug 3rd
The journey from idea to IPO is a difficult one. In this five-part series, we look at how founders scaled their startups and reached new milestones.
Robert Hyde realized he needed a new strategy.
“We can create new products, but it takes a lot of energy and effort to build and launch a produ.... More »
Buying In An Overvalued Real Estate Market?
– IntelligentSpeculator.net
It’s not the first time that I hear about the Canadian housing market being overvalued. Deutsche Bank came up with a simple yet powerful way to determine if prices were overvalued or not. How?They use 2 key metrics:
-Home price/rent (vs historical average): In theory, the ratio between buying and renting price. Why? Because it does not make sense for prices to increase much more rapidly than rent, that has proven to be unsustainable.
-Home price/income (vs historical average): If income is rising by X%, real estate prices should increase by more or less that % as well. If not, it would generally mean that the population is using more debt to afford the expense which is obviously not sustainable.
So the economists looked at metrics for the 2 by country and used the average between the 2. The result?
Canada which is very frequently in the discussions of the most overpriced real estate (with Australia) is on the very top of this list.
That is more source of concern for me as I continue to look into buying real estate…
60 days – 1.55%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-02-04. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
The Bay has named former Saks executive Donald Watros to take over the job as president starting in February.
30 days – 1.50%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-02-04. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
120 days – 1.70%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-10-17. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
