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What to expect from Mark Carney’s fiscal update amid high deficits and rising risks - Toronto Star Apr 26th
What to expect from Mark Carney’s fiscal update amid high deficits and rising risks Toronto StarCarney faces pressure to show results in spring fiscal update: former PBO Global NewsLiberals must show results in spring economic update: former PBO Winnipeg SunCarney .... More »
Stock news: Air Canada leads TSX earnings roundup with guidance pause amid fuel uncertainty May 1st
Here’s a round-up of news for Canadian investors this week.
Air Canada
Canada Packers
Bombardier
Spin Master
Gildan
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South Korea moves to minimize disruption from shipper’s woes + MORE Sep 5th
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s financial regulator says financially troubled Hanjin Shipping Co. is seeking stay orders in dozens of countries to help minimize disruptions caused by its slide into bankruptcy proceedings.
The Financial Services Commission said Monday that Hanjin, the .... More »
CIBC breaking ties with PC Financial + MORE Aug 16th
TORONTO — CIBC is launching a new direct banking brand that will absorb some two million customer accounts currently with Loblaw-owned President’s Choice Financial.
Toronto-based CIBC (TSX:CM) has provided the back-end banking services for PC Financial for nearly 20 years but the companies s.... More »
A forensic accountant on how Canadian investors get duped, and how to stop + MORE Feb 16th
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To say that Al and Mark Rosen have a dim view of securities regulators and investor protection law in Canada is putting it mildly. The father-and-son forensic accounting duo, who co-founded Accountability Research Corp. in Toronto, lay out an alarming picture of the Canadian inve.... More »
4.5 year – 2.45%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Outlook Financial and was updated on 2013-03-14. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
A reason to buy TSX stocks: insider buying has peaked
– theglobeandmail.com
Corporate insiders are easing back on snapping up Canadian shares
5.5 year – 2.70%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Outlook Financial and was updated on 2013-03-14. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Balancing financial priorities as parents
– moneysense.ca
Remember the line in Spiderman where Aunt May says, “You do too much…you’re not Superman, you know?”
Some parents think they’re Superman. Determined to set their children off on the right foot, they commit buckets of money to helping them achieve their goals. From private schools to smartphones, laptop computers and post-secondary education, even home down payments and on-going financial support, parents will dig deep to buffer their young’uns. Hey, I’m all for meeting your responsibilities to your children. After all, they didn’t ask to be born (or so I’ve been told). But some parents take “helping the kids” a tad too far.
When it comes to using your financial resources smartly, one of the trickiest aspects to master is balancing priorities. You want to provide a great place for your family to live. You want to create opportunities for your kids to have mind-expanding experiences. You want to plan for the future.
Planning for the future includes saving for school, getting the mortgage paid off, having some money set aside for retirement…
Some parents think they’re Superman. Determined to set their children off on the right foot, they commit buckets of money to helping them achieve their goals. From private schools to smartphones, laptop computers and post-secondary education, even home down payments and on-going financial support, parents will dig deep to buffer their young’uns. Hey, I’m all for meeting your responsibilities to your children. After all, they didn’t ask to be born (or so I’ve been told). But some parents take “helping the kids” a tad too far.
When it comes to using your financial resources smartly, one of the trickiest aspects to master is balancing priorities. You want to provide a great place for your family to live. You want to create opportunities for your kids to have mind-expanding experiences. You want to plan for the future.
Planning for the future includes saving for school, getting the mortgage paid off, having some money set aside for retirement…
Energy and mining stocks — especially the gold miners — led a substantial pull-back for the TSX on Tuesday as a broad-based sell-off hit most sectors.


