If you’re retired, you’ve probably found investing to be quite a bit different compared to your working years. A lot of that is because you likely depend on withdrawing a sizable and regular flow of cash from your portfolio to support your day-to-day living costs, unless you have a good employer pension. So you should […]
TAMPA—Charlie Montoyo puts his arm around a reporter — totally huggable Hazel Mae from Sportsnet, to be specific — and declares: “I’m a man of the people.” These are the kinds of cracks making the rounds on day one of the new normal in Major League Baseball, with clubhouses closed to the media as an […]
As the global toll of the coronavirus rises, stock markets around the world plunged to their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis, wiping out over $ 6 trillion in value. “This is the first point in the market cycle where fear has taken over from greed,” said Craig Jerusalim, the senior Canadian equities portfolio […]
It’s crisis time again! Every few years, fear overcomes greed and stock investors hit the sell button. The triggers can be diverse as sudden collapse of a hedge fund to a full-blown financial crisis, such as we experienced in 2008. This time around it’s the novel coronavirus. People are increasingly worried that health care workers […]
Simone is a teacher living in Toronto making $ 70,000 a year. At 34, she’s finally debt-free and ready to spend money on the next chapter of her life. She is saving up for a wedding this year, which will be followed by a yearlong honeymoon starting in August. “About a year ago, we thought […]
When Kyle Paranuik’s parents were in their mid-20s, they bought their first house in small-town Ontario for $ 45,000. Thirty-five years later, Paranuik bought his own first home in downtown Toronto — but it was a lot smaller (540 square feet), it cost a lot more ($ 691,500) and at age 31, he was quite […]
Each night when darkness falls, huge swarms of dashing male sea creatures called comma shrimp swim up from the depths of the ocean, looking for love. It’s a tried-and-true romantic strategy — one the males have been using since dinosaurs roamed the land, recently discovered fossils show. And while many animal lineages have gone through big evolutionary makeovers in […]
A new survey of 23andMe’s Health + Ancestry customers conducted by M/A/R/C® Research found that more than three-quarters reported that after receiving their personalized genetic reports they made at least one positive change in their health behavior. Changes included eating healthier, getting more sleep, and exercising more, among others. “We’re encouraged by these preliminary findings, […]
A day after an emotional Greta Thunberg lashed out at world leaders for their inaction on climate change, Canada’s federal party candidates couldn’t help but capitalize on the climate activist’s emotional address to sell their own strategies. Thunberg created quite a buzz following her appearance on Monday at the UN climate summit in New York. The 16-year-old Swede admonished heads of state, […]
After four years in power, the Liberal government still hasn’t delivered on a promise of a detailed plan for developing Canada’s North in a time of climate change and economic and military threats from circumpolar powers. “There is so much work that needs to be done,” Iqaluit Mayor Madeleine Redfern told CBC News. “For decades, […]