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Making sense of the markets this week: August 3 Aug 1st
Each week, Cut the Crap Investing founder Dale Roberts shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.
Gold outshines itself
Gold stole the headlines this week. That can happen when an infamous asset takes out its previous all-time highs.
Last Sunday, gold made another push a.... More »
Feds pledge $15.3M for opioid research, harm reduction - CTV News Apr 25th
Feds pledge $15.3M for opioid research, harm reduction CTV NewsThe federal government announced an investment Wednesday of more than $15 million earmarked for opioid research and harm reduction initiatives..... More »
Biogen to invest $92 million in Puerto Rico, create 350 jobs + MORE Oct 31st
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. drugmaker Biogen Inc. is investing more than $92 million in Puerto Rico after buying assets that once belonged to Eli Lilly & Co. in the island’s southern region.
Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla says the Massachusetts-based company will manufacture active p.... More »
At midday: TSX falls as lower commodity prices pressure energy, miners - The Globe and Mail + MORE Nov 11th
Toronto StarAt midday: TSX falls as lower commodity prices pressure energy, minersThe Globe and MailCanada's main stock index fell on Friday as lower commodity prices pressured the shares of energy and mining companies, while financials and industrials also lost ground. At 11:34 a.m. ET, the To.... More »
Creating your will: a guide for couples Nov 4th
From deciding whether your prickly sister-in-law should be the executor, to how much money you should leave to your spendthrift nephew, estate planning is fraught with emotional hiccups—especially when you’re strategizing for two.
As many couples know, big feelings often get in the way when it c.... More »
4.5 year – 2.50%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-06-13. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Fidelity launches ‘StockCity’ virtual portfolio
– moneysense.ca
SAN FRANCISCO – Financial planning often involves lots of spreadsheets, pie charts and eyes glazing over.Fidelity Investments aims to change that equation with an experiment in 3-D technology designed to make money management seem more like a mesmerizing video game than mundane number crunching. Welcome to “StockCity,” a virtual-reality landscape dotted with skyscrapers representing the stocks in a person’s investment portfolio. A Web version is being released Wednesday at fidelitylabs.com, but StockCity ultimately is meant to be viewed on the Oculus Rift, a virtual-reality headset that still hasn’t been released on the mass market.
StockCity’s architecture changes with the fluctuations on Wall Street. The heights of the buildings are determined by the prices of the stocks in an investment portfolio, while the widths are based on the number of outstanding shares. When the market is open, it’s daytime in StockCity, and night falls when the market closes. Market rallies cause the sun to shine, downturns trigger downpours of rain…
3.5 year – 2.20%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-10-20. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
60 days – 2.00%
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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-10-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Now Federal Job-Killers Are Coming After Derivatives
– online.wsj.com
A benign-sounding ‘advisory’ has the potential to send thousands of financial-services positions overseas.
