Welcome to the latest edition of weekly reading. This week's theme includes considerations on how to position your investments for a post-pandemic life. What should you be investing in? Should you have stocks, bonds, commodities or cash? You've likely noticed that the price of goods has gone …
2021
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – MAY 2, 2021
Welcome to the first "May" edition of weekly reading in 2021! I'm hopeful that the weather changes coincide with some changes to the coronavirus landscape as we get closer to flipping the curve in the right direction. Ontario came out with some welcome news this week (assuming things actually …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – APRIL 24, 2021
Welcome to another edition of weekly reading with a selection of articles from the personal finance and investing world. The markets were kind of up and down this week, but those are times you can really enjoy the fact you're well-diversified. Not having to worry about the daily or weekly …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – APRIL 18, 2021
A suitable name for this weeks' theme might be "High Prices: Welcome to Crazyland." It's been over a year since we first started getting locked down due to coronavirus. Now over a year in and with vaccines available, we find ourselves not only in lockdown once again, but with daily case counts …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – MARCH 27, 2021
The big news this past week has seemed to be, the giant cargo ship Ever Given, stuck in the middle of the Suez Canal. While it's slowed the movement of goods and International trade considerably along this key route to Europe, it also generated a ton of great memes related to the unfortunate …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – MARCH 21, 2021
Money, digital money and housing are the main topics this weekend! Canada's real estate market has been getting a little out of hand lately, with a limited supply of single-family homes and prices trending skyward, faster than Toronto Condos are being built. What got me thinking about this …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – MARCH 13, 2021
It's the Weeknd!!! And the financial markets continue to be on a tear lately. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if that's where a lot of stimulus checks are ending up. We're seeing all sorts of record-high prices on what I'd consider speculative assets such as Bitcoin and NFTs (non-fungible …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – MARCH 6, 2021
It's been a wonky week for the stock market, with some signs of volatility showing. Tech stocks have taken a bit of a hit, with more focus turning more towards commodities and value. $60+ oil certainly helps and is surprising given where we are with the pandemic. Do you have any stocks still …
PERSONAL FINANCE WORLD WEEKLY READING – FEBRUARY 28, 2021
Many moons ago, when I opened my RRSP, I parked the money in a basic savings account, earning a pathetic amount of interest. Not only that, but I didn't realize I was making significant money mistakes - sabotaging growth... missing out on benefits... Why??? Because I didn't know any …