Overwhelmingly you support retaliation, believe Trump would have acted regardless of who our PM was, favour using our energy as a weapon, will boycott American goods, oppose the direction Trump is ...

We stand together, or we fall apart. Take a minute to complete the poll, below. The results will be sent by my hand to the ...

The MAGA supporters in Canada would rather this blog did not talk about Trump. I get it. You’re embarrassed. Putting ideology ahead of patriotism is a wrenching choice. The orange guy is charismatic, ...

As forecast, rates have faded again. The sixth chop by the CB. Back to 3%. The chartered bank prime falls. Variable-rate mortgages decline. Over 1.2 million families that have home loans coming up for ...

Rates will fall tomorrow, everybody says. Another quarter point. After that, it’s a black hole of doubt. Mortgages at 4% have revived the resale market somewhat, but people who worry that Canada has ...

Lion’s Gate Bridge. Wish me luck. I’ll be in BC in a couple of days, land of the Giant Mistake, where they still believe granite countertops and glass sinks can buy you love. Or at least respect. Or ...

It seems FIRE is a Millennial creation, inspired by a book (“ Your Money or Your Life ” by Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez) ...

News you can use (as opposed to what you hear on Global): Mortgages dip. No, it is not because of the recent and knuckleheaded move by the Bank of Canada to nip its trendsetting rate by a quarter ...

As the explosive growth of the ETF industry continues, we’ve seen a predictable development: greater and greater ETF specialization. As The New York Times put it recently, the ETF industry is carving ...

On Wednesday the Bank of Canada failed to pulled the trigger. The first in a string of interest rate increases has not occurred, despite overwhelming market belief it would take place. It appeared the ...

If you let it, the gloom will immobilize you. One lesson my financial years have taught me is that analysis becomes paralysis. And, later, regret. There are things in life you can change. Even the big ...