Greater Fool – Authored by Garth Turner – The Troubled Future of Real Estate

.   By Guest Blogger Doug Rowat .

It began on March 11th, 2011, off the northeastern coast of Japan with an earthquake so massive that it could be felt all the way in Russia. However, it wasn’t the earthquake that...

Humans are so emotional. No wonder we suck at investing.

Let’s talk bonds. Okay, they’re boring. But owning a hunk of decent government or corporate debt can be an excellent strategy. You get interest. The debt never goes down so there’s a stability factor greater than owning stocks. Bonds have a history of moving in the opposite direction from equities, as a m...

Do you have Muse?

Millions do. In fact, ten million Canadians and Americans have downloaded and installed this fuzzy little AI assistant and potential homewrecker in the past five weeks. Meta, the Zuck empire behind Muse says it plans to scale out this thing to a billion people. Yes, a billion.

Muse has topped the hit parade at the App Store. It’s among ...

Are downpayments outdated? When half of the kiddos without houses say saving enough for that initial lump sum is impossible, why do we cling to this anachronistic rule?

The question’s being asked more lately. No wonder.

A National Bank study on affordability found that for many young people… there is none. Fuhgeddaboudit. Ain’t happening.

The reas...

As dawn broke over a united country the Canadian dollar surged a half-point. The move made it the best-performing currency among western countries on Tuesday, hiking .44% against the greenback.

Before the Big Vote last night in Alberta the loonie had weakened down into the 69-cent US range. Today it was well above 71, also given a tail wind by another surge in ...