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Successful investing is about risk, patience and a plan: Mayers + MORE Mar 24th
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Should I fire my advisor and invest by myself? + MORE Feb 11th
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Q. Bruce, I believe I am with a good and honest financial advisor. On her recommendation, I hold low-cost mutual funds, with an MER below 1%. My returns have averaged 6-8% annually over the past few years. But I am wondering if I should consider moving into a self-directed investment.... More »
The best high-interest savings accounts in Canada for 2024 + MORE Sep 9th
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Shares of several Canadian cannabis companies temporarily halted on TSX + MORE Dec 29th
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4.5 year – 2.30%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2015-04-01. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
90 days – 1.80%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2015-03-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Millennials don’t think they’re doomed
– macleans.ca
Photograph by Derek MortensenThey’ve been called Generation Screwed. Born in the wake of the demographics-dominating baby boomers, the much-mythologized Generation X, and Gen Y (whatever that is), the millennials—kids coming of age in this century—are supposed to be in tough.
You’ve probably heard the dispiriting prediction: This is supposed to be the first generation of Canadians who won’t do as well as their parents. Saddled with the debt of the big-spenders who came before them, stuck in a “new normal” era of slower economic growth, the millennials are often said to face bleak prospects.
But a new poll by the Ottawa-based firm Abacus Data, commissioned by the blue-chip Canadian Council of Chief Executives, has found that young Canadians just don’t believe they have it so bad. In fact, most look forward to experiencing lives equally or more prosperous and happy than their elders.
Asked how they expect to fare compared with their parents’ generation, most Canadians aged 18 to 35 surveyed by Abacus were upbeat…
3.5 year – 2.10%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2015-04-01. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
60 days – 1.75%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-12-19. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
