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As Switch Hardware Sales Slow, How Long Can Nintendo Delay 'Switch 2'? - Nintendo Life May 10th
As Switch Hardware Sales Slow, How Long Can Nintendo Delay 'Switch 2'? Nintendo LifeSwitch Is Still Outselling Everything Else Despite Ongoing Chip Shortage KotakuNintendo Switch shipments drop 20 percent year-over-year MobileSyrupNintendo achieves their highest annu.... More »
Borrowing money to invest Nov 7th
There are a few different ways to borrow to invest.
Opening a margin account
A simple option to borrow to invest is by using a margin account at a brokerage. Depending on the existing investments in the account, a brokerage will lend up to a certain percentage of the value to an Canadian inves.... More »
Xbox Boss "Looking Forward" To Working With Bungie on 'Destiny' Following Activision Break Up - Comicbook.com Jan 12th
Xbox Boss "Looking Forward" To Working With Bungie on 'Destiny' Following Activision Break Up Comicbook.comAfter Bungie and 'Destiny,' Please Free Blizzard From Activision GeekFive Big Questions For Bungie After The Activision 'Destiny' Split ForbesBungie-Activision .... More »
The best GIC rates in Canada for 2025 + MORE Aug 11th
GIC comparison tool
Find the best and most up-to-date GIC rates in Canada using the comparison tool below. Plus, use the filters to assess your estimated rate of return based on the size of your balance.
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South Dakota rancher pleads guilty to falsely claiming 129 cattle died in 2013 autumn blizzard + MORE Nov 21st
RAPID CITY, S.D. – A South Dakota rancher has pleaded guilty in federal court to falsely claiming he lost more than a hundred cattle during the autumn blizzard of 2013 that left ranchers in the state reeling with financial losses.
Karl Knutson pleaded guilty Friday as part of a deal with prose.... More »
Diversify your portfolio with just a few stocks
– moneysense.ca
(Illustration by Serge Bloch)There’s one rule of investing that professionals talk about time and time again: Diversify your investments. Well, rules are made to be broken. In some cases, it may make sense to limit your number of holdings. Typically, diversification helps reduce your risk, whereas concentration is more about increasing returns. But in any portfolio, there’s room for a bit of both.
That is, provided you have allocated your assets widely enough to suit your risk tolerance, owning just a few securities in markets you know well (for most of us, that means Canadian equities) will serve you better than broad exposure. The reason? The more you know about the stocks you hold, the better you’ll do.
Clemens Sialm, a professor of finance at the University of Texas, has published a number of papers on the effects of concentration. In one study comparing sector-specific funds, he found that the 10% of funds that concentrated on one industry—say, technology or utilities—outperformed the 10% of funds with the lowest exposure to any one sector by about 1…
The Globe and MailThe close: TSX ends lower as crude pushes energy stocks downThe Globe and MailCanada's main stock index ended down in low-volume trade on Wednesday, with energy shares leading the fall as crude oil prices tumbled. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed down 107.40 points, or 0.80 per cent, …TSX posts triple-digit decline on China worriesCalgary HeraldTSX falls as crude oil, global worries weighReuters CanadaTSX mired in the red as oil continues to weakenCTV Newsall 47 news articles »
Oil price slide driving speculation of Imperial Oil shake-up
– theglobeandmail.com
Imperial Oil Ltd. has the financial heft to take advantage of weaker rivals whose share prices have been hurt by the sharp drop in oil prices
Media union raises alarm over CBC real estate selloff plans
– theglobeandmail.com
Public broadcaster says it is sticking to five-year strategy announced in 2014, but Canadian Media Guild warns drive to sell property could threaten the CBC’s role as a producer of original Canadian programming
