R’s a bank economist who may also end up as a burning effigy outside the offices of Generation Squeeze. She’s just proven, categorically, concretely, statistically, that the kiddo moaning, weeping and ...

First, the greenback is soaring globally because of Trump and what FX traders expect he’s going to do. That is, simply, to step on the gas. This reversed a months-long decline in the US currency and ...

Daily this blog is deluged with bot comments promoting crypto. Lately they’ve been supplemented with the fanatical enthusiasm of Bitcoin fans calling people like me dinos and dinks. They all get ...

A recent survey by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board shows that nearly two-thirds of Canadians worry about running out of savings during retirement. This concern is especially high in younger ...

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What a crazy old world this is. In Ottawa, F is rewriting his budget. The promise made in the election (six months ago) to balance the budget in 2015 is now history. In Toronto, the Ontario government ...

Have you heard about the booming business in home safes? Home Depot may not be selling too much drywall these days, but safe sales are up by a third aross the United States. I did some investigating ...

The share of first-time homebuyers in America has also descended to an historic low. But it’s not 10%, like here. Instead ...

Investing is hard. It’s scary. Buying a house, in contrast, is easy. It’s mainstream. No wonder 70% of people (and almost 80% of Boomers) have real estate, while less than 10% of own stocks and only 7 ...

Seven months ago I toyed with buying a marina which makes most of its money from leasing a slew of docks and boathouses. Sit on a wharf. Suck on a drink with an umbrella in it. Be refreshed by a ...

In October 10,000 more houses were listed in the nation’s biggest market than were sold. So, inventory went up. Prices faded. Condos clobbered. The local real estate board said buyers are waiting for ...