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New Brunswick focus on balancing books before paying down debt:minister + MORE Oct 1st
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick’s finance minister says the government needs to focus on balancing the books before it can begin paying down the province’s net debt.
Roger Melanson spoke Thursday following the release of the 2014-15 audited financial statements Wednesday.
The statement.... More »
Foreign investing in Montreal real estate is small: CMHC + MORE Jul 13th
A report by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the number of foreign investors in the Montreal area real estate market is small and concentrated in condominiums in the city’s downtown core.
The report by the federal agency found that 1.3% of condominiums in the greater Montreal area were o.... More »
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg reportedly granted immunity - CBC.ca Aug 25th
CBC.caTrump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg reportedly granted immunityCBC.caFederal prosecutors have granted immunity to the Trump Organization's chief financial officer in an investigation involving U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, the Wall Street J.... More »
Weekend Reading – New mortgage rules, Nortel saga, fat RRSPs, train your brain and #GoJays + MORE Oct 14th
Learn, save, invest and prosper with My Own Advisor.
Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition. Earlier this week I interviewed the CEO of ModernAdvisor Navid Boostani, who provided some insight how Robo Advisors can help you train your investing brain.
I then went on to write about how you sho.... More »
ETFs or index mutual funds in an RESP? Aug 27th
The right choice is about more than just fees [MoneySense].... More »
May 2015 Dividend Income Update
– myownadvisor.ca
Learn, save, invest and prosper by subscribing to My Own Advisor.Want higher yields on your investments? Want steady income? Don’t want to feel forced to spend the capital? Then you need to take on some investing risks. Not HUGE risks mind you, although this is just my opinion.
This is the world of owning dividend stocks for passive income and it doesn’t need to be a fool’s game. In fact, many Canadian dividend stocks are household names and have been paying dividends for generations:
Bank of Montreal (BMO) – paid dividends since 1829.
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) – paid dividends since 1832.
TD (TD) – paid dividends since 1857.
CIBC (CM) – paid dividends since 1868.
Royal Bank (RY) – paid dividends since 1870.
Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) – paid dividends since 1880 (formal records date back to 1949).
Laurentian Bank (LB) – paid dividends since 1886.
Imperial Oil (IMO) – paid dividends since 1947.
Canadian Utilities (CU) – paid dividends since 1950…
Ottawa and Ontario to name former Toyota executive as auto czar
– theglobeandmail.com
The Council is a joint industry-labour group set up by the federal, Ontario and Quebec governments more than a decade ago when Canada’s auto sector was bypassed as billions of dollars of investment flooded into southern U.S. states.
Iceland is to introduce a hefty 39 per cent exit tax on assets from its failed banks starting next April as part of moves to lift capital controls imposed after the tiny island nation’s economy collapsed seven years ago.
CPPIB looks to General Electric to expand U.S. reach
– theglobeandmail.com
The two organizations have been negotiating since April the purchase of as much as $10-billion (U.S.) of General Electric’s financial assets
Canadians coping with the financial stress of heavy debt are increasingly talking about suicide as they struggle with sleepless nights and high blood pressure, a psychologist says.
