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As you most likely know by now BofC has held its key overnight rate at 1%. Listening to the words of explanation on this hold it would seem that the bank is hinting at no changes to come in the foreseeable future possibly up to one year. This, of course, is based on the economic [...]

Mark Carney must feel like a parent trying to instill wise spending habits in a carefree kid heading off to university: all he can do is give his best advice and hope it sinks in. That’s a rough approximation of the tricky position the Bank of Canada governor finds himself in as he prepares to [...]

“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.” (Zig Ziglar)

“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”

A must read by Jeff Rubin. Though I have not completed reading this business book by Jeff Rubin it is so compelling I just have to inform you. If you seriously wish to know why your life will alter over the next few years, in the choices you make, where you live, how you live, [...]

This month’s RBC Financial Markets Monthly publication reports that the Bank of Canada is likely to hold rates until March 2011. Inflation remains mild with both the headline and core rates below the Bank’s 2% target. The uncertain global outlook is likely to be the dominant factor in the Bank shifting to the sidelines for [...]

This month’s RBC Financial Markets Monthly publication reports that the Bank of Canada is likely to hold rates until March 2010. Inflation remains mild with both the headline and core rates below the Bank’s 2% target. The uncertain global outlook is likely to be the dominant factor in the Bank shifting to the sidelines for [...]

The practice of people selling their homes by themselves in Canada without a realtor’s help is still the exception rather than the rule. But Power Corp. of Canada is making a big bet that more Canadians will embrace the idea, launching a nationally branded service to help them do it. Through its Quebec-based subsidiary Bytheowner.com [...]

Not surprisingly, the Canadian recovery didn’t play out as advertised. While we did see a spike late last year and early 2010, the momentum has faded lately, largely as a result of a strong C$ and a softening US economy. Growth in the second half of the year will be only a fraction of the [...]

By Appraisal Institute of Canada (http://www.styleathome.com) Thinking of someday selling your home? Check out these home improvements and the corresponding rate of return on the amounts invested. To renovate your home and increase its market value in anticipation of selling it one day, here are several types of improvements and the corresponding rate of return [...]