The results of the latest National Household Survey was published by Stat Can. The survey represents people’s income and household situation in 2010. The data shows that more than 95% of the 27.3 million Canadians aged 15 and over received some form of income in 2010 which totaled $1.1 trillion. The study also points out that over half of… Read More »
Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Let’s look at some business and economic news we should care about. Snail Mail Slowing Down – Canada Post made $127M in profit last year but the amount of shipments have been declining. I hope they can find new ways to make money. This company employs about 71,000 workers in Canada… Read More »
In December of last year I wrote about the Santa Claus rally. It’s this interesting occurrence when the stock market rallies during the holiday season. Based on statistics and historical data the Dow Jones grew 80% of the time during this period, and the S&P500 gained 1.5% on average. Of course swing trading is risky, and there are no guarantees… Read More »
I was listening to the local radio station yesterday and during the business news section, heard about something called the Santa Claus Rally. It’s basically a term to describe a rally in the stock market during the holiday season, or more specifically the last 5 trading days of the year and the first 2 of the new year… Read More »
I was recently invited to help host a big giveaway along with some prominent bloggers in the personal finance space. So in line with the holiday spirit I am happy to announce that we are giving away an Apple iPad 3 32GB wi-fi. The winner may choose the color :0) Details for the iPad 3 giveaway below. Here… Read More »