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News for investors: Barrick settles Mali dispute and Couche-Tard profit climbs Nov 26th
Here’s a round-up of news for Canadian investors this week.
Barrick Mining
Alimentation Couche-Tard
Blue Ant Media
Brookfield
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How real estate is taxed during a separation or divorce + MORE May 15th
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What happens if a married couple separates, and they own a family house and a cottage. The separation is amicable and the couple would like to split the assets, with the family house going to the wife and cottage going to the husband. Would that trigger any taxes?
—Peter
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This 29-year-old was laid off early in the pandemic. She recently found a job, but now her investment property sits vacant. How can she achieve her saving goals? Jan 4th
Sarah has always seen herself as regimented and in control of her money, but this pandemic year has taken her for quite a spin..... More »
Home Capital suspends dividend after burning through most of its $2B lifeline + MORE May 8th
Home Capital has withdrawn $1.4 billion of the $2 billion loan it was recently given as savers continue to pull funds out of the bank..... More »
Trump’s social media company to trade on the Nasdaq Mar 26th
Trump Media & Technology Group, whose flagship product is social networking site Truth Social, will begin trading on the Nasdaq stock market on Tuesday.
How much is Truth Social stock?
Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded shell company, approved a deal to merg.... More »
The value of Dividend Advisor
– myownadvisor.ca
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor.I’ve read dozens of personal finance and investing books that tout the merits of indexing investing.
It’s all true.
To be clear, the trend towards low-cost, indexed investments has been great for retail investors. Indexing works on many fronts: it is not overly time-consuming, investing costs stay low, investors can obtain diversification, and investors can ride market-like returns.
I do believe however (because I invest this way myself) that index investing is not the only way to go. There are degrees of active and passive investing for one. Just because you own a low-cost Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) doesn’t mean you’re passive investing forever and a day. The fund might be lazy but the investor might not be…
Second, the equity market functions in part because of price discovery. I’m not suggesting you trade (at all) but you need to realize the market decides every day what assets are worth. Without this bartering system we wouldn’t have much of a market…
