by Seun Adeyemi | Aug 13, 2015 | Investing
The Canadian dollar has been in news headlines a lot lately for all the wrong reasons. How low can the Canadian dollar go? The loonie is fresh off an 11-year low last week. Weak GDP growth, coupled with the falling price of oil, has had the loonie on a freefall in...
by Seun Adeyemi | Jul 27, 2015 | Investing
In last week’s blog post, we discussed low interest rates and household debt. While the low interest rate environment is encouraging Canadians to borrow money like never before, what about savings? The statistics speak for themselves: savings rates in this country are...
by Seun Adeyemi | Jul 23, 2015 | Investing
We identify with Linus van Pelt, brother to Lucy, and best friend to Charlie Brown, all of whom characters from the innovative mind of Charles Schultz. Schultz didn’t work for peanuts, but Peanuts sure worked for him. But back to Linus: Linus had several quirks, the...
by Seun Adeyemi | Jun 5, 2015 | Investing
Apparently FedEx and UPS were engaged in merger discussions. The new firm would have been called “FedUP”. This would have been the biggest fail in the naming of a merged firm since the proposed merger between the two computer giants General Data and Digital. The new...
by Seun Adeyemi | Apr 29, 2015 | Investing
Bye Bye Miss American Pie Or, has TINA left the building? “U.S. investors continue to follow the printing presses into European and Japanese equities. A record that has been held for nine years is almost sure to fall.” –David Santschi, CEO of TrimTabs Wall...
by Seun Adeyemi | Mar 25, 2015 | Investing, Retirement Planning
The Power of Compounding Returns, and the Importance of Starting NOW! “The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.” – Albert Einstein” Well, of course it makes sense that we should start investing sooner so that we can retire more comfortably....
