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Google parent Alphabet boosts revenue 21% + MORE Feb 5th
Google parent company Alphabet beat Wall Street expectations for its fourth quarter earnings Monday, but its stock slid in after-hours trading..... More »
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Getting back into the saddle after a big loss + MORE Nov 18th
There comes a day in every trader’s career when it all seems to go wrong. A big financial loss can happen in many ways and for many different reasons. It can be sudden or sustained – one bad moment or a run of bad days. Maybe you took your eye off the ball or got overconfident, resulting in a lo.... More »
Why your bond ETF isn’t losing money + MORE May 28th
I frequently get asked questions about bonds. One reader named Andrew recently asked me: “I have been investing using your Couch Potato strategy for just over three years now,” he wrote. “However, does it still make sense to invest in bonds when they are continually losing money?”
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Making sense of the markets this week: September 28 Sep 27th
Each week, Cut the Crap Investing founder Dale Roberts shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.
Is beating the market a thing of the past?
There are many reasons why it gets harder and harder to beat the market. Even for the likes of Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett.... More »
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel DwulitLast summer, in the frankest terms possible, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz warned home buyers, homeowners, mortgage lenders and the real estate industry that nothing justified Toronto’s skyrocketing house prices. Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
Toronto didn’t get the message.
In its recent outlook for 2017, the Toronto Real Estate Board said it expects the average house price in the greater Toronto area to surge by another $100,000 this year to $825,000. That would be on top of a $120,000—or roughly 20 per cent—increase in 2016. In making its forecast, the board repeatedly credited one factor for driving higher prices in Toronto: population growth.
Well, earlier this week Canadians got their first look at the results of the 2016 census, when Statistics Canada released population and dwelling counts for the country. And while the overall trend saw stronger population growth in urban centres, Toronto’s showing was rather middling…
