How to Invest in U.S. Infrastructure Donald Trump’s policies focus on building infrastructure and prioritizing America first. With the U.S. economy growing stronger than Canada’s, I believe this is a good time to look south of the border for opportunities. Thanks to the Trump rally, the S&P 500 market index in the U.S. is up about 7% year to date.… Read More »
Lower Cost with Interactive Brokers Everyone likes a discount, especially personal finance enthusiasts. We tend to get hyped over even marginal deals. 😀 Speaking of margin-al discounts. I recently lowered my stock margin rate from 4.45% to just 1.95%. Hot damn! It’s even lower than my mortgage now, haha. 😁 One of the best things investors can do to increase our… Read More »
The New York stock exchange regularly releases information about how much margin (or debt) investors are using to invest. Based on the latest reports from the NYSE market data, Doug Short who writes for advisorperspectives put together the following graph which conveniently compares the credit balance of investor’s accounts to the S&P 500 over the past two decades. We can clearly see some correlation… Read More »
Sick Days A recent Financial Post article suggests that the most important determinant of your sick leave use is whether or not you work for the government. On average, public sector employees take about 10.6 sick days annually, which is a 47% increase from 7.2 sick days back in 1987. Meanwhile, sick leave use in the private sector is only… Read More »
The Match Company Gets Ready To Go Public! Do you know what popular dating sites Match.com, OkCupid, Tinder, and Plenty of Fish have in common? Well, they are all part of the Match Group of internet dating services which is owned by a single parent company, IAC/InterActiveCorp. This American media and internet business has over 150 brands across… Read More »
Deciding what to do with new money As the average global population continues to age there will be greater instances of wealth transfer from the old to the young. Most people will come into a bonanza sooner or later. Maybe it’s $5,000, or maybe it’s $500,000. Whatever the amount happens to be, it’s essential to grasp the significance… Read More »