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25 personal finance highlights from the last 25 years + MORE Oct 15th
Over the last 25 years, personal finance in Canada has transformed enormously. Major economic shifts, new technology and evolving consumer behaviour have led to new policies and events. Here are some of the most interesting personal finance developments in the last two and a half decades:
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TD hikes dividend on 15% profit rise, beating expectations + MORE Mar 1st
TD Bank's adjusted earnings came in ahead of analyst estimates Thursday, rising 15 per cent from the year-earlier period after excluding the impact of U.S. tax reform and other items..... More »
Shannon Lee Simmons defines “emotional return on investment” and her take on personal debt Jan 28th
Three-time author, founder and Certified Financial Planner Shannon Lee Simmons is no stranger to going off-budget—and she’s not afraid to talk about it. After quitting her Bay Street job to start her own advice-only financial planning firm, the New School of Finance, she found herself in more de.... More »
All eyes on Toronto real estate sales in wake of Vancouver foreign buyer tax + MORE Sep 7th
TORONTO – The latest batch of home sales figures from Canada’s largest city could reveal whether or not Vancouver’s newly implemented tax on foreign buyers is sending investors flocking to Toronto.
The Toronto Real Estate Board is expected to release sales data today for the month .... More »
Making sense of the markets this week: April 2, 2023 Mar 31st
Kyle Prevost, editor of Million Dollar Journey and founder of the Canadian Financial Summit, shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.
Freeland fires again at Canadian Banks
There are several big-picture looks at the important aspects of the Canadian federal budget .... More »
Potash Corp. falls amid speculation dividend will be reduced
– theglobeandmail.com
Analysts predict lower nutrient prices probably will prompt management to cut payments to shareholders
Oil to blame again as late-day sell-off erases TSX rebound
– theglobeandmail.com
Crude prices fall sharply Monday, bringing the S&P/TSX index down with it
Why Simple Is Still a Hard Sell
– CanadianCouchPotato.com
Last January, I overhauled my model portfolios to make them simpler. Some of the older options included small-cap stocks, preferred shares, and real estate investment trusts (REITs), but I switched to recommending a three-ETF portfolio covering only the core asset classes. While many readers welcomed the change, several others criticized the new streamlined portfolios as too simplistic. I still get emails from beginners who want to add more ETFs to my recommended model. Simplicity, it seems, is a hard sell.In his recent book, A Wealth of Common Sense, asset manager Ben Carlson (who writes an excellent blog with the same title) reveals that he’s made the same discovery: investors resist simplicity. Yet Carlson believes it’s the right solution for most of us. “I’ve spent my entire career working in portfolio management,” he writes. “This experience has taught me that less is always more when making investment decisions. Simplicity trumps complexity. Conventional gives you much better odds than exotic…
The reality behind two RRSP myths: Mayers
– thestar.com
RRSPs are a great idea, but many think the refund is a windfall that makes them wealthier. It doesn’t.Is Apple nearing Peak iPhone?
– macleans.ca
The scene outside an Apple store in Toyko earlier this week. (Yaya Shino, Reuters)SAN FRANCISCO — Apple could soon face one of its biggest challenges to date: Peak iPhone.
Most analysts believe Apple surpassed its own record by selling more than 74.5 million units of its flagship product in the final three months of 2015. But there are signs that iPhone sales in the first three months of 2016 will — for the first time ever — show an abrupt decline from the same period a year earlier.
That could mark a pivotal moment for the Silicon Valley giant. Apple is the world’s biggest company, in terms of stock value, thanks to the iPhone’s surging popularity around the world. In business terms, Apple makes most of its money from iPhone sales.
But concerns about slowing growth have sent the stock into a months-long slump, fueling debate about what kind of company Apple will be in the future.
The iPhone contributed nearly two-thirds of Apple’s $234 billion in revenue last year…
