Finance

De-stress Your Financial Life

Simple strategies for minimizing money worries and getting rid of financial anxiety Question: when was the last time you felt stressed? If you’re like most people, it probably wasn’t all that long ago that you […]

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Opportunity Knocks

 Eleven questions to ask when evaluating an investment opportunity Some people do it by poring over company data: earnings reports, balance sheets, income statements and the like. Some people look at stock tables and try […]

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Brave New World of Inflation

How to survive and thrive in a world of rising prices Noticed what’s happened to the price of milk lately? Bread? Chicken? Or pretty much anything else? Of course you have. Over the past year […]

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Taming the Bear

Practical investment tips for a challenging market It’s been a tough year, both financially and otherwise. Rapidly rising interest rates. Sky-high inflation. Most world economies teetering on the brink of recession. War in Ukraine. The […]

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The Confidence Game

Nine essential tips to make you feel mentally stronger and more empowered about your finances Here’s a question to ponder: where does confidence come from? Does it come from experience – what you’ve seen and […]

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Your Bear Market Game Plan

How to thrive in an extended market downturn Well, it looks like the party is finally over. After decades of lower and lower interest rates, central banks around the world have determined that interest rates […]

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Politics and your portfolio

How to protect your nest egg in times of political turmoil By now, you’ve likely seen the horrible impact of full-scale war on the citizens and refugees of Ukraine. You’ve likely read what foreign policy […]

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What’s Next?

How to prepare your portfolio for what happens after the pandemic For most Canadians, the COVID-19 pandemic started hitting home a little over a year ago, in March of 2020. But it seems like forever […]