Now that the Canadian dollar has fallen in value against the US dollar, many Canadian investors with US holdings are wondering how to recognize these gains for tax reporting purposes. For investments inside registered accounts such as RSPs, RIFs, RESPs,… Continue Reading
http://business.financialpost.com/personal-finance/equitable-bank-is-making-a-splash-with-its-3-interest-rate-heres-how-they-do-it?__lsa=7c89-17c1
Across North American over the past several decades, large regional shopping malls were build in suburbs where land was once cheap. Today, there is a growing crisis with those traditional shopping malls. Part of the problem is many shopping malls… Continue Reading
Station Casinos’ corporate name will be Red Rock Resorts after IPO http://vegasinc.com/business/gaming/2016/jan/21/regulators-approve-station-casinos-initial-public/ http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/1/19/10789200/frank-lorenzo-fertitta-take-red-rock-resorts-public-ipo-ufc-news
Brookfield Asset Management has made an offer to purchase the remaining interest in Rouse Properties it does not already own. Shares of Rouse have been trending lower over the past year and currently have a dividend yield of just over… Continue Reading
Its no secret that the City of Toronto does a terrible job at maintaining its key physical infrastructure. Take a look at the Gardiner, Toronto Hydro, and the TTC. Each of these municipally controlled entities are in dire need of… Continue Reading
http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-norway-refugee-crisis-profiteers/
Since this is the start of a new year, I figured this would be a good time to review the current rates on High Interest Savings Accounts (HISA) offered thru brokerages in Canada. Since the Bank of Canada lowered rates… Continue Reading
Happy to hear this week that Morguard will take over management of Temple Hotels, details listed in the press release below. This is positive news for Temple which is being hurt by the Western Canadian slump and a weak balance… Continue Reading
Loanbase, one of the peer-to-peer (p2p) bitcoin lending platforms announced today that they will soon unveil a new auto-invest feature. This comes as good news to the bitcoin p2p community, but the change could have some drawbacks for certain users.… Continue Reading
