The best journey takes you home: Trudeau vows two-year ban on foreign homebuyers if re-elected
08/25/2021 10:19 AMPrime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to introduce a two-year ban on foreign home buyers to tackle housing affordability in Canada if he’s re-elected. The proposed restriction is an attempt to cool a housing market that has soared during the Covid-19 pandemic....
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit to go public via $3.2B SPAC deal
08/24/2021 9:05 AMVirgin Orbit is set to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisitions company (SPAC), the company has confirmed. The deal values the combined enterprise at $3.2 billion, and will provide Virgin Orbit with $483 million in cash at close, including a $100...
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End of housing market on ‘steroids’ to hit growth: Macquarie
08/24/2021 8:43 AMMacquarie Group is warning the slowdown in Canadian housing activity may have a material impact on the country's economic growth. David Doyle, the head of North America economics and strategy at Macquarie, said in an interview Tuesday the decline in existing home...
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MoneyTalks Uncensored with Michael Campbell – Election Special this Saturday!
08/23/2021 10:49 AMWe hope you will join us as we start our new journey as a fully independent production. James Thorne joins Michael to analyze the financial and market implications of the federal election - and how it may impact your personal investments. Plus our regular commentators...
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Justin Sun Buys NFT of a Rock for More Than Half a Million Dollars
08/23/2021 10:10 AMActually, 31-year-old crypto mogul Justin Sun spent $611,710 to buy an EtherRock NFT yesterday. And he can’t even take it home and pet it. Because it’s literally just a Clipart of a rock. What’s going on: EtherRocks are one of the latest crazes in the world of NFTs...
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Delta variant may mute Q3 earnings performance at the Big Six banks
08/23/2021 9:47 AMFor the past two quarters, Canada’s big banks have crushed earnings expectations and their shares have enjoyed sharp post-earnings rallies. They also began releasing large sums of money previously set aside for loans that could potentially go bad – all of which flowed...
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Entire Show – Aug. 21st
08/21/2021 11:12 AMTwo election issues that will impact Canada for generations. Mike talks about why it's only Moneytalks podcasts from now on and stock picking genius, Ryan Irvine's got a couple of new companies that few have heard of. Plus an ex-CIA ops officer on the fall-out from...
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Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat and Goofy Award – Aug. 21st
08/21/2021 11:00 AMQuote of the Week: A former CIA Ops officer gives a chilling account of the fall-out from the debacle in Afghanistan that will scare the heck out of you. Shocking Stat: Arguably the most chilling stat coming out of the Afghan withdrawal. Goofy Award: Facebook's absurd...
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Mike’s Comment – Aug. 21st
08/21/2021 10:36 AMThe PM says this election will decide policy that could impact us for decades - Mike agrees - and gives pivotal 2 examples so please pay...
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Facebook: Novi Digital Wallet Is ‘Ready to Come to Market’
08/20/2021 3:58 PMFacebook said Wednesday that the global payments system is seriously flawed and that the social media giant can fix it. “Change is long overdue,” Facebook’s David Marcus wrote in a blog post. Marcus, the former PayPal chief hired in 2018 to lead Facebook’s blockchain...
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