Enough Trump. Gaza. Greenland, Mexico. Panama. Canada. Enough drama and politics. All the erudite, well-padded old farts (and the young ones, too) who come to this pathetic blog need a reminder of how ...

Eat, pray, love in Italia (permanent or visiting) with no Roundup, Cricket Flour, GMO, steroid juice pig “selectively breeded” meats in what you eat – REAL FOOD – even the American’s are starting to ...

We stand together, or we fall apart. Take a minute to complete the poll, below. The results will be sent by my hand to the ...

As a financial analyst (and someone with a curious mind) I read quite a bit. This includes research reports, financial articles, newspapers, books, etc. One recent article really caught my attention ...

Signing books in Nanaimo Sunday. Alas, no brazen hussies. He’s been a realtor in an area of expensive resort homes and condo explosion north of Toronto for, he says, 20 years. He just sent me the ...

The dollar slipped into the 68-cent US range today, and traders are girding their loins (how do you do that, anyway? Can I get some?) for volatility. Lots of it. Sentiment about the Canadian dollar is ...

The MAGA supporters in Canada would rather this blog did not talk about Trump. I get it. You’re embarrassed. Putting ideology ahead of patriotism is a wrenching choice. The orange guy is charismatic, ...

As forecast, rates have faded again. The sixth chop by the CB. Back to 3%. The chartered bank prime falls. Variable-rate mortgages decline. Over 1.2 million families that have home loans coming up for ...

Avaricious day traders, mostly young, often angry, definitely ageist and iconoclastic have been whacking financial markets. The combo of social media, fun trading apps, Covid quarantine boredom and a ...

There is an actual remedy to this crisis: The exodus. Young families will leave to rural areas even if it means lower paying ...

It seems FIRE is a Millennial creation, inspired by a book (“ Your Money or Your Life ” by Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez) ...