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5 tips for choosing the right hotel credit card + MORE May 23rd
Getting the most of these products starts with choosing the one that's best for you..... More »
BMO CashBack Mastercard Review + MORE Nov 12th
The BMO CashBack Mastercard is a solid no-annual-fee cash-back card that makes getting redemptions easy and straightforward. Its earn rate of 3% on groceries is the highest in Canada for a no-fee card, and in addition it offers 1% cash back on recurring bill payments. Everything else earns at 0.5%. .... More »
Earn 10x points + an additional 10,000 points with the More Rewards Pile Up The Points Event May 14th
For the next week More Rewards members can earn 10x points for shopping with most More Rewards partners and if you shop at 3 or more (taking a hint from AIR MILES' Bonus Boom) you'll receive 10,000 bonus points on top of that! The offer started on May 13 and runs until May 19.The participating.... More »
Meridian Gets Competitive; Posts Lowest Two-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate on the Market Mar 14th
Meridian is making news as of late, as it recently posted the lowest two-year fixed-interest rate in recent Canadian history, compared to the “Big Five” banks and other lenders on the market. As Ontario’s largest credit union, Meridian is offering a two-year fixed mortgage at 1.98 percent.
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Sex addiction, credit card debt often go together + MORE Nov 7th
Sex addicts often use secret credit cards or pad business accounts to hide trysts, online porn purchases experts say..... More »
From left: Stanley Druckenmiller, Jeremy Grantham and A. Gary Shilling. (Neilson Barnard/Getty; Steve Mack/Getty; Scott Eells/Bloomberg/Getty)The outcome of the Brexit referendum clearly demonstrated the inherent volatility and fragility of global markets. What many people are missing, however, is that the financial impact of this largely political event comes nowhere close to the financial magnitude of events that led up to January 2016, a month we may look back on as a canary in a global economic coal mine.
U.S. equity markets lost over $1 trillion of value in January. In dollar terms it was the worst January in history. In percentage terms it was the eighth worst. What precipitated this violent and historic decline, and does it signal a future event of much greater magnitude?
How to position your portfolio for the rest of 2016
Recent concerns over global economic growth and credit quality in China certainly played a role in January’s decline. As the second-largest economy in the world, and the fastest growing of the major economies, China has tremendous influence on global economic growth, not to mention the companies whose share values rely on such growth…
Shady business partner opens up credit in your name
– creditcards.com
Straighten out the credit mess, then get a new partner
How to spend less on back-to-school shopping
– thestar.com
From taking an inventory of the school supplies to being a sale spotter, Scott Hannah from Credit Counselling Society has some tips for parents.
