While the award-winning macroeconomists in the steerage section are forecasting market meltdown and a 50% plop in stocks, that’s not going to happen. Oil will undoubtedly go up. Inflation jitters may ...

A million seconds is a vacation. A billion seconds is a career. A trillion seconds is 31,709 years. Got it? There are ten ...

On Bay Street, big banker bonuses flow as quarterly profits gush. On Main Street, meh. It’s no secret wealth continues to flow up, not down. All the banks just sailed past analysts’ expectations with ...

There was a time when emerging markets were Bay Street’s sexiest investment. In 2003, fuelled by rising commodity prices and a near-fanatical belief in China’s growth potential, emerging markets ...

It’s a privilege being old. Too many people never make it that far. But it ends. For everyone. The finish line comes. When you croak, the worries and stress end. Not for those left behind, however.

Canadians aged 18 and older can contribute to a TFSA each year up to the annual maximum. The initial contribution limit in 2009 was $5,000, and for this year it was set at $7,000. In total, the ...

Mr. Market was not a happy camper today. Not only did fifteen inches of snow fall on Central Park, but the NYSE was dealing with a big risk-off trade. Ditto with Bay Street. And look at gold. And ...

Time to get real about your personal finances, given what may be coming. We all know the threats. It’s a dodgy world at the moment and the best way to insulate yourself is to either become a nun or a ...

Next week realtors will crawl out of their winter burrows, squint at the weak sun then likely retreat. No spring this year. When the stats are revealed (Wednesday for the GTA) they’ll show Feb ’25 was ...

How old when you first bought real estate? Dorothy and I married at 22, moved into a dodgy rented walk-up with one window 36 inches from elevated train tracks running past the building and a bathroom ...