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Janet Yellen Lays Out Tools for Next Recession Fight - Wall Street Journal Aug 27th
Wall Street JournalJanet Yellen Lays Out Tools for Next Recession FightWall Street JournalJACKSON HOLE, Wyo.—When recession hits again, the Federal Reserve could turn back to unconventional programs it used with aggression in the last crisis, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said Friday in .... More »
The financial perks of taking a gap year before post-secondary May 16th
The "Big Five" Canadian banks offer investment funds and include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Let's explore the best place for you to invest.
The financial perks of taking a .... More »
Toronto's bid for Amazon HQ to focus on wealth of tech talent Sep 9th
Toronto will face "fierce competition" to land Amazon’s second headquarters, but its mayor and several experts think it has a chance..... More »
Ontario offers $100 million for upgrades to natural gas furnaces, water heaters + MORE Feb 4th
TORONTO – Ontario is promising a $100 million rebate program to help homeowners upgrade their furnaces, water heaters and insulation, but there are no details on a start date, eligibility rules or amounts.
The goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and at the same time help create jobs an.... More »
Berkshire Hathaway 4th-quarter profit up 32 per cent + MORE Feb 27th
OMAHA, Neb. – Berkshire Hathaway reported a 32 per cent jump in fourth-quarter earnings on Saturday, as its eclectic collection of subsidiaries mostly performed well.
The conglomerate based in Omaha, Nebraska, that Warren Buffett leads earned $5.48 billion, or $3,333 per Class A share. That.... More »
Energy companies face pressure to sell assets as oil slump hits profits
– theglobeandmail.com
Unexpected increase in crude oil inventory in United States served as catalyst for Wednesday’s slide
Activity in Canada’s real estate market will slow “modestly” next year as interest rates begin to rise, according to a new report from RBC Economics.
No arguments here, the TFSA has come of age
– moneysense.ca
At MoneySense, we don’t always agree.
Whether it’s buying versus leasing, real estate versus the stock market, Harper versus Mulcair or Beatles versus Stones, consensus doesn’t come easily around here. Nor should it. When it comes to money, or anything else, few things are etched in stone. Take David Aston’s feature from the last issue (“A defence of active investing,” Summer 2015). In it, he argued that the popular Couch Potato method of passive investing isn’t for everybody. He’d rather set his own risk profile in picking investments, aiming to select funds that don’t merely bob along with the ups and downs of the market’s benchmark indexes—but outperform them. “All that makes me an active investor, and by extension, a heretic here at MoneySense,” he wrote, perhaps sensing the backlash that would ensue. Of course there were those who disagreed with Aston’s method, none more than our own contributing editor and columnist Dan Bortolotti. So we invited the two of them to go toe-to-toe on the subject of passive versus active investing here in the MoneySense office…
Whether it’s buying versus leasing, real estate versus the stock market, Harper versus Mulcair or Beatles versus Stones, consensus doesn’t come easily around here. Nor should it. When it comes to money, or anything else, few things are etched in stone. Take David Aston’s feature from the last issue (“A defence of active investing,” Summer 2015). In it, he argued that the popular Couch Potato method of passive investing isn’t for everybody. He’d rather set his own risk profile in picking investments, aiming to select funds that don’t merely bob along with the ups and downs of the market’s benchmark indexes—but outperform them. “All that makes me an active investor, and by extension, a heretic here at MoneySense,” he wrote, perhaps sensing the backlash that would ensue. Of course there were those who disagreed with Aston’s method, none more than our own contributing editor and columnist Dan Bortolotti. So we invited the two of them to go toe-to-toe on the subject of passive versus active investing here in the MoneySense office…
