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Real estate agents caught breaking the rules on Marketplace's hidden camera + MORE Nov 3rd
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The best credit cards in Canada for 2025 + MORE Nov 12th
Canadians have no shortage of options when it comes to selecting a new credit card. Whether you’re looking at a Visa, Mastercard, or Amex from a fintech, big bank, or credit union, we’re here to help you sort through all your choices.
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To save money, Canadians are buying more private-label grocery brands + MORE Oct 3rd
Over the past few years, consumers have been buying more private-label products at the grocery store to save money—and the trend may be here to stay.
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What to do if you’re a victim of bank account or credit card fraud + MORE Jan 8th
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120 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.
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.
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.
Canada’s Best Credit Cards 2014 methodology
– moneysense.ca
Earn 1% on your purchases is a typical line in many credit card ads. It sounds simple, right? We can assure you it’s not. The vast majority of credit cards are notoriously complex in their construction. Some cards have reward tiers, meaning you won’t earn that 1% until you’ve spent a certain amount, while others cap how many points you can earn. How you spend can even impact which card is right for you.
To help you find the best card we dissected more than a 200 credit cards to understand how they dish out their rewards. We looked credit cards issued by RBC, TD, Scotiabank, BMO, CIBC, National Bank, HSBC, Capital One, MBNA, Hudson’s Bay President’s Choice, Canadian Tire Financial, American Express, Chase and Desjardins. We did not look at every card offered by each issuer, nor did we look at credit card products that are only available in one province or region.
Our ranking breaks down into the core rewards programs, which consists of cash-back, travel and retail rewards, for consumers, businesses and students…
To help you find the best card we dissected more than a 200 credit cards to understand how they dish out their rewards. We looked credit cards issued by RBC, TD, Scotiabank, BMO, CIBC, National Bank, HSBC, Capital One, MBNA, Hudson’s Bay President’s Choice, Canadian Tire Financial, American Express, Chase and Desjardins. We did not look at every card offered by each issuer, nor did we look at credit card products that are only available in one province or region.
Our ranking breaks down into the core rewards programs, which consists of cash-back, travel and retail rewards, for consumers, businesses and students…
Dividend growth: What investors need to know
– moneysense.ca
My family’s vegetable garden is producing a bounty of cucumbers, beans and zucchini these days. We’re now faced with the happy problem of figuring out what to do with all the produce.
It’s amazing how fast plants grow in just a few months. If only stocks grew as quickly.
Dividend investors are particularly fond of companies that grow their dividends. If you talk to old hands, you’ll probably hear about stocks they bought years ago that now pay giant dividends. But you can’t blame them. After all, there’s something special about owing a stock that pays more in dividends than it cost in the first place.
While dividend growth is vitally important to returns over the long term, it’s also a positive indicator in the short term. That’s because companies have a tendency to boost their dividends when their prospects are good. They hold off on increases when the outlook is poor. (As with most rules of thumb, this one definitely has its exceptions…
It’s amazing how fast plants grow in just a few months. If only stocks grew as quickly.
Dividend investors are particularly fond of companies that grow their dividends. If you talk to old hands, you’ll probably hear about stocks they bought years ago that now pay giant dividends. But you can’t blame them. After all, there’s something special about owing a stock that pays more in dividends than it cost in the first place.
While dividend growth is vitally important to returns over the long term, it’s also a positive indicator in the short term. That’s because companies have a tendency to boost their dividends when their prospects are good. They hold off on increases when the outlook is poor. (As with most rules of thumb, this one definitely has its exceptions…
