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Do you need market-neutral ETFs in your portfolio? Apr 23rd
In August 2025, I wrote about a concept that started gaining traction among financial advisors: the 40-30-30 portfolio. This allocation emerged in the aftermath of the 2022 bear market, when rising inflation and aggressive interest-rate hikes caused both stocks and bonds to decline at the same .... More »
Alberta Pension Plan: Why Alberta wants to leave the CPP—and what would replace it + MORE Oct 4th
In late September, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith opened a public online consultation on a proposal to withdraw the province from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). Her announcement was tied to the release of a third-party report that claims, among other things, that Alberta is entitled to 53%, or $.... More »
In Your Corner: So you need to start building an emergency fund. What’s the best way? Aug 30th
Emergencies are not to be confused with unexpected costs, says financial expert Jason Heath. Those should be built into your budget..... More »
How long should you hold a cryptocurrency investment? Apr 7th
I’m new to investing in bitcoin and ether, but a long-time investor. But since cryptocurrencies are relatively new as investments, I was wondering if you could explain what it means to be a long-time crypto investor. How long should I hold on to it?—Sadie
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Foreign appetite for Canadian securities shows no signs of fading
– theglobeandmail.com
Foreigners snap up $15.75-billion worth of bonds, stocks and money market paper in October
Rio’s Olympic golf course: Who plays it? Who pays for it?
– canadianbusiness.com
Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic golf course took three years to build as the project was slowed down by environmental lawsuits, Brazilian bureaucracy and stop-and-start funding by a billionaire real estate developer.
Four months after golf’s surprising popularity at the Olympics, an even larger test remains: What to do with an acclaimed course in a country where few play the game, and in a city that can’t pay to maintain it.
“You know that it’s not going to be easy,” Paulo Pacheco, head of the Brazilian Golf Confederation, told The Associated Press. “It’s challenging. It’s not easy to do. It’s very hard. I think it’s the only opportunity we have to improve golf in Brazil.”
Everything feels unfinished around the course, except the course itself, which threatens to become a white elephant.
Billed as the first public championship-level course in the country, the layout is hidden behind several luxury apartment towers known as “Riserva Golf,” which won’t be completed until 2018…
Four months after golf’s surprising popularity at the Olympics, an even larger test remains: What to do with an acclaimed course in a country where few play the game, and in a city that can’t pay to maintain it.
“You know that it’s not going to be easy,” Paulo Pacheco, head of the Brazilian Golf Confederation, told The Associated Press. “It’s challenging. It’s not easy to do. It’s very hard. I think it’s the only opportunity we have to improve golf in Brazil.”
Everything feels unfinished around the course, except the course itself, which threatens to become a white elephant.
Billed as the first public championship-level course in the country, the layout is hidden behind several luxury apartment towers known as “Riserva Golf,” which won’t be completed until 2018…
Hotel search site Trivago rises in stock market debut
– canadianbusiness.com
NEW YORK _ Shares of Trivago, the hotel search company that created a buzz with a rumpled TV spokesman, are rising in their Wall Street debut.
Travellers use the German company’s websites and apps to search for hotels around the world. Trivago makes money when a user clicks on a hotel, goes to another site and books a room.
Its TV commercials have featured the same spokesman, Tim Williams, for years.
Trivago NV raised more than $287 million after it and its shareholders sold 26.1 million American depositary shares for $11 apiece.
The ADS are up 60 cents, or 5.5 per cent, to $11.63 Friday afternoon.
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Travellers use the German company’s websites and apps to search for hotels around the world. Trivago makes money when a user clicks on a hotel, goes to another site and books a room.
Its TV commercials have featured the same spokesman, Tim Williams, for years.
Trivago NV raised more than $287 million after it and its shareholders sold 26.1 million American depositary shares for $11 apiece.
The ADS are up 60 cents, or 5.5 per cent, to $11.63 Friday afternoon.
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Weekend Reading – Credit scores, homes cost, investment picks, best books and #moneystuff
– myownadvisor.ca
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor.
Welcome to another Weekend Reading edition – and we rush towards the holiday season.
Earlier this week I wrote the following articles I encourage you to check out:
What’s part of your workplace insurance benefits?
These are some 2016 year-end tax tips
Learn all about credit scores here including how to get your free score and free report!
Thanks for reading and sharing My Own Advisor – 50,000 pageviews a month strong and growing. I hope you have a great weekend!
The term financial “adviser” vs. “advisor” can have great meaning.
How To Save Money posted my article about home ownership costing plenty of money.
All About The Dividends shared his dividend income update.
Roadmap2Retire recently asked me for a stock pick for 2017. You’ll have to read his site to find out what I told him. As for this year, it seems my pick for 2016 did very well – Bank of Nova Scotia has increased in price by 35% and paid a dividend every quarter…
Welcome to another Weekend Reading edition – and we rush towards the holiday season.
Earlier this week I wrote the following articles I encourage you to check out:
What’s part of your workplace insurance benefits?
These are some 2016 year-end tax tips
Learn all about credit scores here including how to get your free score and free report!
Thanks for reading and sharing My Own Advisor – 50,000 pageviews a month strong and growing. I hope you have a great weekend!
The term financial “adviser” vs. “advisor” can have great meaning.
How To Save Money posted my article about home ownership costing plenty of money.
All About The Dividends shared his dividend income update.
Roadmap2Retire recently asked me for a stock pick for 2017. You’ll have to read his site to find out what I told him. As for this year, it seems my pick for 2016 did very well – Bank of Nova Scotia has increased in price by 35% and paid a dividend every quarter…
3 alternatives if you want to own a home
– moneysense.ca
TORONTO —With the sluggish economy and tightened lending rules, being priced out of the real estate market is a reality for many, particularly those in Toronto and Vancouver.
But whether your finances are limited or you simply don’t want to overextend yourself, there are other options.
Move to an affordable market
For home buyers willing to commute or relocate, affordability may be within their grasp.
Take Toronto, for example, where recent statistics show the median family income is $75,270 and the average home costs $762,975. Using these figures, prospective homebuyers wouldn’t be able to qualify for a mortgage.
“The maximum purchase price this median family’s income could support is $620,935, and they’d need to put six per cent down,” says Rob McLister, founder of RateSpy.com.
But whether your finances are limited or you simply don’t want to overextend yourself, there are other options.
Move to an affordable market
For home buyers willing to commute or relocate, affordability may be within their grasp.
Take Toronto, for example, where recent statistics show the median family income is $75,270 and the average home costs $762,975. Using these figures, prospective homebuyers wouldn’t be able to qualify for a mortgage.
“The maximum purchase price this median family’s income could support is $620,935, and they’d need to put six per cent down,” says Rob McLister, founder of RateSpy.com.
First time buyers rethinking home ownership dreams »
But affordability starts to come into the picture about an hour west of the city in the Hamilton-Burlington area where the average home is $507,131…
