The FTA eventually included Mexico, to become NAFTA. Then, eight years ago, it was renegotiated and renewed, becoming the USMCA. Trump signed it. Now he says it was a terrible deal and Canada is “one ...

Professor Bessembinder and his associates utilized security data from the Center for Research in Securities Prices (CRSP).

Bond yields jumped and lenders shelved plans for a Spring mortgage rate sale as the cost of living in frosty Canada took a big turn in the wrong direction. Economists at BMO called the event “massive.

Hudson’s Bay Corp. owes about $1 billion in debt, plus whatever it will cost to unload 9,000 employees. The company said that recently it has about $3 million on hand, in cash. That’s enough to run ...

Two more sleeps and the 35-year mortgage is kaput. Despite the buying orgy that seemed to precede this move by Ottawa to save us from ourselves, house sales fell in February. But anxiety rose. In fact ...

Just seven more sleeps until the big budget next Tuesday, when we get to see if there’s more to modern Liberalism than a really bitchin’ selfie. As you might imagine, rumours are flying. The latest is ...

The following review appeared today (March 15) in Canada’s largest newspaper, the Toronto Star. It’s also the paper which carries the greatest amount of real estate advertising in Canada – at least ...

Yup, it sucks being old. Apparently it also sucks being 30something. So many pressures. Big anxiety. Kids. Houses. Careers. Uncertainty. What is the correct path? Below are three notes from three ...

Update: Two days ago as the Japanese nuke-quake crisis unfolded I told you the likely result would be a dump in oil price and stock values and a jump for bonds. This has indeed happened. As of this ...