Headline »
Blackberry is back ... and for all the right reasons
by Bruce A. Stewart
I can remember being at a conference back in 2005, where a fellow attendee from the Export Development Corporation of Canada took one look at the Sony Ericcson touch phone I was carrying and said “you’re Canadian: you should be using a Blackberry”.
Other Articles »
Blackberry is back ... and for all the right reasons
I can remember being at a conference back in 2005, where a fellow attendee from the Export Development Corporation of Canada took one look at the Sony Ericcson touch phone I was carrying and said “you’re Canadian: you should be using a Blackberry”.
sponsored ads
A Comparison of the Real Estate Market and the TSX
The theoretical principles of real estate investments and market-traded financial assets are extremely similar, yet they seem to attract fundamentally different investors. Real estate arguably attracts a pragmatic and entrepreneurial investor, while stock market investors seem to be more theoretical and managerial. Having received a formal education in Finance, I was once a believer in the almighty stock market; I am now somewhat of an apostate.
sponsored ads
The Intricacies of Bitcoin
Is there an anonymous, free, and untrackable virtual currency currently making its sweep across the World Wide Web? It is not quite this simple, but Bitcoin is poised to become the next big thing in computing and finance.
Markets
All Articles »
Blackberry is back ... and for all the right reasons
I can remember being at a conference back in 2005, where a fellow attendee from the Export Development Corporation of Canada took one look at the Sony Ericcson touch phone I was carrying and said “you’re Canadian: you should be using a Blackberry”.
A Comparison of the Real Estate Market and the TSX
The theoretical principles of real estate investments and market-traded financial assets are extremely similar, yet they seem to attract fundamentally different investors. Real estate arguably attracts a pragmatic and entrepreneurial investor, while stock market investors seem to be more theoretical and managerial. Having received a formal education in Finance, I was once a believer in the almighty stock market; I am now somewhat of an apostate.
The Intricacies of Bitcoin
Is there an anonymous, free, and untrackable virtual currency currently making its sweep across the World Wide Web? It is not quite this simple, but Bitcoin is poised to become the next big thing in computing and finance.
Billy Porter Airport to greet C Series
Porter Airlines is joining the big league. Or at least it is acting like it wants too. If one measures big league playing by the game Robert Duluce is talking than his airline is definitely a big leaguer. Robert Duluce is gambling big with his new proposal to purchase up to 2.29 billion dollars worth of Bombardier C Series jets. The order is conditional on obtaining permission to fly the jets out of Toronto’s Billy Bishop airport and on that airport expanding it’s main runway by 168 meters on both ends.
Should Canada’s job numbers trending down be a surprise?
Spring: the time in Canada when people think about moving to a new house, when graduating students go looking for the pot of gold at the end of their academic rainbow, and when workers tired of the nonsense at the place they work think about changing jobs to enjoy someone else’s nonsense for a change.
The myth of the 99 percent
Even after having been debunked countless times over, utterly erroneous conclusions about the poor’s well-being have yet again stolen the show because of a spiffy video making its way around the web.
Cents and Sensibility: Farewell to the Penny
Monday saw the end begin for the familiar penny. Merchants are still adjusting: while the instructions to most cashiers is to accept pennies if offered but not to hand them out (rounding the change), most people operating tills still have their habits firmly in place. If the “change required” requires pennies, they’re handing them out (while they still have them).
High-rises, low returns
A simultaneous fit of euphoria and vertigo weakens your knees as you gaze out the living room window of a brand new 22nd floor luxury penthouse. “This is the chance of a lifetime’’ your real estate broker declares cogently. Your significant other turns to you and grins approvingly; “I love it, honey”. Amidst the flood of emotions and peer pressures, you manage to clear your head and ask yourself one sobering question – is this a good long-term investment? Well, considering that homeowners usually depend on large capital gains to grow their nest-eggs, maybe not.
Featured »
The Federal Reserve declares war on savers
The Federal Open Market Committee chaired by Ben Bernanke has released its policy statement today confirming Fed watchers’ expectations of a new bond-buying program.
Read the full story »
Canada's new mortgage regulations
Last month, Canada’s economic watchdog, Jim Flaherty, announced that the government will once again be tightening the restrictions on residential mortgages.
Read the full story »
Bain vs. Obama
Those on the left and their allies in the media do not live in a world where the actual facts about private equity matter, but only the rhetoric they are able to spew.
Read the full story »
Forfeiture Laws Threaten Property Rights
The central problem is that the standard of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in criminal processes does not apply in these cases.
Read the full story »
RSS
Archive »
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
Tags »
Canada Obama Israel canada politics Liberals economics mcgill economy election students Ontario education ontario NDP conservatives Quebec israel Conservatives harper Middle East obama mcguinty Québec United States Harper GOP US America Romney occupy wall street republican america hockey Palestine human rights hudak football
