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Who is EQ Bank?
EQ Bank—quick review
How to make deposits and access funds with an online EQ Bank account
What you need to know about the EQ Bank Savings Plus high-interest savings account
GICs at EQ Bank
How EQ Bank’s international money transfers, powered by Wise, work
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Why Canada isn’t immune to a U.S.-style housing crash + MORE Jul 10th
Skeletons of abandoned housing developments in California in 2009
Investors should stay away from the Canadian housing market, warns a new report from Chicago-based investment firm Morningstar. A house price correction is “inevitable” within the next five years and could send house prices fallin.... More »
Six key concepts to help you weather the investment storms Jul 25th
The key to surviving the roller coaster ride of investing, writes investment adviser David Aston, is to maintain a balanced portfolio of quality stocks and bonds and to focus on long-term investing.... More »
Canada’s best no foreign transaction fee credit cards 2021 Jun 9th
Millions of Canadians travel abroad with their domestic credit cards and don’t realize they’re racking up foreign transaction fees (often referred to as “forex” fees) that can amount to 2.5% on top every purchase. The good news is, there are a few credit cards out there that offer either zer.... More »
What does a weak Canadian dollar mean for your savings? + MORE Feb 25th
It’s the financial news story that everyone is talking about: The Canadian-to-U.S.-dollar exchange rate has been very unfavourable for the loonie lately.
How unfavourable? Since the beginning of the year, the Canadian dollar’s trading value has fluctuated between roughly USD$0.69 and $0.70—.... More »
60 days – 1.75%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-06-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
5.5 year – 2.60%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-05-31. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
90 days – 1.75%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-06-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
The problem with insider obsession
– macleans.ca
AP Photo/Richard DrewIf investors needed another reason to distrust the stock market, here’s a doozy. A study by a trio of researchers in the U.S. and Canada into insider trading found that one-quarter of the big merger and acquisition (M&A) deals over a 15-year period—roughly 460 transactions in total—may have seen people profiting on information before it was public. Which means that for every Jeffrey Skilling (the former Enron CEO) and Rajat Gupta (a former Goldman Sachs director) who has done the perp walk in front of the cameras for insider trading, scores of others have gotten away scot free. It’s a remarkable finding, any way you slice it. And it raises some serious questions about whether the resources that regulators and governments have pumped into tackling illegal insider trading is doing more harm than good.
While the idea of corporate insiders whispering tips to their pals is almost a Wall Street cliché—one firmly grounded in reality, mind you—the full extent of the practice has, until now, never been quantified…
30 days – 1.75%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-06-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
