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Long Weekend Reading – Income, Vanguard, getting ahead, bank stocks and more + MORE May 15th
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Here’s another Weekend Reading edition folks – the best in personal finance and investing right here. Earlier this week I told you our simple plan to save, invest and then reinvest dividends in this April update and I.... More »
Making sense of the markets this week: July 12 Jul 12th
This is the first installment of a new column. Each week, Cut the Crap Investing founder Dale Roberts shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.
With age comes…less financial stress?
FP Canada, a national organization that seeks to hold financial planners accountable to .... More »
Toronto home sales, average prices soar in August + MORE Sep 7th
TORONTO – A record number of homes were sold in the Greater Toronto Area last month as listings continued to dwindle, the city’s real estate board said Wednesday.
The Toronto Real Estate Board said its members had 9,813 sales in August, a 23.5 per cent increase from the same month last year, tho.... More »
Couche-Tard's Q2 earnings up 9% from acquisitions, fuel sales + MORE Nov 27th
The world's second-biggest convenience store operator beat revenue expectations, as the Quebec-based retailer's net earnings rose nine per cent in its most recent quarter thanks in part to acquisitions, improved fuel sales and lower taxes..... More »
In the #MeToo era, ethics training gains urgency Mar 22nd
Leadership and morality have been part of business education for decades but the relevancy has increased in wake of financial, harassment and ‘bro culture’ scandals
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U.S. retailer Target Corp reported a stronger-than-expected jump in same-store sales and profits for the key fourth quarter, helped by its expanding online business, and forecast modest earnings growth in the current quarter.
Breaking down HBC’s big deal – and why it matters
– theglobeandmail.com
Make no mistake, HBC’s now a real estate specialist
National Bank of Canada reported that net income rose two per cent in the first quarter of 2015 to $415 million or $1.16 a share.
The case for raising the annual TFSA limit is shaky
– moneysense.ca
In the 2011 election campaign, the Conservatives promised to double the contribution limit for Tax-Free Savings Accounts during their next term when the budget reached balance. We’re now approaching the end of that “next term,” and the budget is pretty close to being balanced, so we’re now seeing increased attention to TFSAs as we get closer to the 2015 federal budget.Here’s how TFSAs work. Interest, dividends, and capital gains generated by assets inside a TFSA are exempt from taxes. There is no deduction up front (as with an RRSP) but there is no taxation of any kind applied when funds are withdrawn. The annual contribution limit was $5,000 from 2009 to 2012, and has been $5,500 from 2013 to 2015. If you add that up, most Canadians now have $36,500 in TFSA contribution room available. For a family with two adults, this is $73,000 of TFSA room.
On Tuesday, the Parliamentary Budget Office released a new report on the fiscal impact of Tax Free Savings Accounts. On the same day, the Broadbent Institute released a similar paper by Rhys Kesselman that examines the Conservative proposal to double the TFSA annual limits to allow more contributions…
3.5 year – 2.30%
– ratesupermarket.ca
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