This Could Be The Most Shocking Stat of the Year
04/01/2019 7:37 AMAnd you're paying for it. This is how much you'd have to contribute to your RRSP or personal pension plan to match the retirement nest egg of the average federal public sector employee. (Go ahead pass it...
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Shocking Stat – What It Takes To Be A Media Star
03/30/2019 4:50 PMNo one knew Michael Avenatti's name until Stormy Daniels came along and then CNN and MSNBC couldn't get enough of his Trump bashing. At least until he was arrested and charged this week with extortion and...
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Instant Wisdom – 40 Years Later and Nothing’s Changed
03/30/2019 4:43 PMIn 1979 Phil Donahue, the most respected and thoughtful TV talk show host of his time interviewed Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman and what's shocking in terms of Donahue's anti-capitalist rhetoric is that it could have taken place last...
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Goofy Award – Text Book Case of Fake News
03/30/2019 4:35 PMThe mainstream media's coverage of the Russian Collusion scandal featured rumour, innuendo and speculation as fact. Do you think outlets like the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post are even a little bit...
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Mike’s Editorial – What If The Goal Is Not To Solve Problems
03/30/2019 10:34 AMAfter decades we're still talking about eradicating poverty, affordable housing and homelessness to name just a few of the regularly occurring problems. But what if the goal was never to solve them and instead is to show our own great goodness by talking about...
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Complete Show – March 30th
03/30/2019 10:27 AMMike talks about the real goal of the virtue signalers while portfolio manager, Danielle Park lays out the dangers for individual investors in today's debt laden world. And don't miss Mike's Goofy on what's being called the biggest media fail in...
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One Time-Tested Economic Indicator Points to Possibility of Recession
03/29/2019 3:07 PMReaders of The Telegraph are somewhat inured to dire warnings from the paper’s International Business Editor Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. However, his articles are well-researched and in the case of a piece this week, well balanced with arguments for and against his...
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Investors hail Lyft shares in IPO, see profits down the road
03/29/2019 2:57 PMLyft's shares soared as the company went public Friday, giving investors their first chance to bet on the future of the ride-hailing industry. The stock opened at $87.24, up 21 per cent from its offering price of $72. It closed at $78.29, up 8.7 per cent, giving the...
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One Thing I Bet You Don’t Know About Renewable Energy
03/29/2019 7:23 AMWhile the price of solar panels and wind turbines went way down - jurisdictions with the highest percentage of electrical generation by renewables saw the cost of electricity go way up. The question is...
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March Madness
03/28/2019 12:13 PMGlobal financial markets had a tremendous start to the year and continue to hold up well in March. Positive drivers for the markets have been the U.S. Federal Reserve’s pivot to a more accommodating stance, indications of a potential U.S.-China trade deal, corporate...
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