by Guest | Economics, Financial Planning
When dealing with financial loss, plenty of us will experience serious problems in the short and long run. While not always easy to avoid, if you employ a proactive approach and take steps to protect you and your loved ones, you can avoid problems. Here are the top...
by Miranda | Economics, Financial Planning, Mortgage
With interest rates near record lows, many homeowners want to refinance their mortgages. This can make sense, since it can mean that you save money over the life of your loan, or that you can improve your monthly cash flow (or do both). As you refinance your mortgage,...
by Michael Barton | Economics, Investing Strategy, Portfolio Strategy
It’s been an incredible start to 2013 for equity investors. The New Year rally, which really started back in November, has seen the Dow Jones Industrial Index touch 14,000. That’s a rise of over 11% in just a couple of months, and around 7% since the end of December....
by Michael Barton | Economics, Investing Strategy
Compared to the other seven members of the G7, Canada’s economy has been fairly steaming ahead, but that may be about to change. The collapsing European economy, now with both the German and French economies retracting as well as their neighbors, is beginning to weigh...
by Michael Barton | Economics, Portfolio Strategy
The Fed has been weakening the dollar for a decade… Interest rates are low. Quantitative easing measures, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the American economy, are high. The fed has, for years, been following a course of flushing the dollar down the pan....