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40 days - 2.75% + MORE Feb 22nd
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 0000-00-00. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online..... More »
10 financial buzzwords we kept hearing in 2024 + MORE Dec 27th
In 2023, we heard a lot about “soft saving” and “quiet hiring.” In 2024, job-related buzzwords continued to trend, with plenty of chatter around “coffee badging,” “resenteeism” and others. Below, we discuss these and other money-related terms that stood out to the MoneySense editoria.... More »
Canada’s best Mastercard credit cards 2020 Dec 13th
As one of the top credit card companies in the world, Mastercard is both extremely popular and also nearly universally accepted. For those already banking at BMO Bank of Montreal, a major Canadian bank that associates with Mastercard, these cards may offer all the perks you’re after, along with op.... More »
Home Capital postpones earnings release date amid bid to restore confidence + MORE May 3rd
Mortgage lender says it will delay its first-quarter earnings disclosure until May 11 to include new updates
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Swiss Lonza buys US diet supplement supplier InterHealth + MORE Aug 15th
BERLIN – Pharmaceutical supplier Lonza of Switzerland says it is buying InterHealth Nutraceuticals, Inc., a California-based company that makes ingredients for use in dietary supplements, in a deal worth up to $300 million.
InterHealth, a portfolio company of Kainos Capital, is based in Benici.... More »
90 days – 1.75%
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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-06-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
60 days – 1.75%
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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-06-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
The Australian Financial ReviewMohamed Fahmy, jailed Egyptian-Canadian journalist, sentenced to 7 yearsCBC.caAn Egyptian court on Monday convicted three journalists from Al-Jazeera English, including an Egyptian-Canadian, and sentenced them to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges in a case that has brought an outcry from human rights groups …Al Jazeera journalists convicted in Egypt: White House, worldwide reactionCTV NewsEgypt trial: Outcry over al-Jazeera trio's sentencingBBC NewsEgyptian Court Sentences Al Jazeera Journalists to 7 YearsVoice of Americaeuronews -Reuters -ABC Newsall 1,069 news articles »
Multiple streams of income
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A key element of financial independence is the ability to generate multiple streams of income: ideally, some combination of pension income (employer and government), investment income (interest and dividends), rental income, income from royalties, plus business and consulting income.
Once you reach 55 or 60, depending on whether you have a solid defined benefit employer pension or are inclined to receive Canada Pension Plan benefits as soon as it’s available, semi-retirement becomes feasible. Perhaps modest pension income is coming in and you decide to move to four six-hour days for a start; then, once you turn 65 (eventually 67 for younger folk), you may take this down to two or three four-hour days. Every person is different.
As a 61-year old financial writer, author and editor, I found a recent session at the Canada Writes 2014 conference in Guelph, Ont., to be of considerable interest. Sheila Wray Gregoire runs a nice business from her website at www.tolovehonorandvacuum.com. Addressing younger freelance writers she warned that “the days of making a good living writing articles for magazines are gone…
Once you reach 55 or 60, depending on whether you have a solid defined benefit employer pension or are inclined to receive Canada Pension Plan benefits as soon as it’s available, semi-retirement becomes feasible. Perhaps modest pension income is coming in and you decide to move to four six-hour days for a start; then, once you turn 65 (eventually 67 for younger folk), you may take this down to two or three four-hour days. Every person is different.
As a 61-year old financial writer, author and editor, I found a recent session at the Canada Writes 2014 conference in Guelph, Ont., to be of considerable interest. Sheila Wray Gregoire runs a nice business from her website at www.tolovehonorandvacuum.com. Addressing younger freelance writers she warned that “the days of making a good living writing articles for magazines are gone…
Canada’s nuclear watchdog for the first time is proposing that people living near reactors be given a precautionary stock of radiation-fighting pills in case of an accident.
