The tables are turning in North America. Canada’s economy, known to be one of the strongest ones in the developed world, has hit a road bump (o_O) And the US in turn is going full steam ahead! Real GDP in Canada in the 3rd quarter (July to Sept) only grew by 0.6% annualized. That means our economy pretty… Read More »
Mark J. Carney, the Governor of the Bank of Canada controls what our central bank does on interest rates. Governors get paid between $431,80 to $507,900. The reason our mortgages are so affordable today, and why Canada didn’t have an economic meltdown during the last recession is largely because of Mr. Carney. Prior to his current job he… Read More »
See if you can you figure this one out (^_-) It’s a variation of the old missing dollar riddle. Three bankers walk into a restaurant and order some curly fries and soft drinks. Their total bill comes to $25. They decide to share the bill and each person pulls out $10. So the waiter takes the $30 and… Read More »
Yesterday I went to the mortgage forum at the Vancouver Convention Center, put on by Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP.) They had an educational seminar followed by a meet-and-greet session with mortgage related companies. The whole event was to promote the mortgage industry and get people interested about starting a career in the vast mortgage market.… Read More »
My investment in Twinkies Last Friday I was watching the news and heard that Hostess was going out of business. If you’ve ever watched the movie Zombieland you’ll know that there are diehard Twinkies fans out there. Naturally I decided to buy some while I still can. So over the weekend I rushed to the Superstore, a Loblaw… Read More »
Popular search terms that brought visitors to freedomthirtyfiveblog.com…. Nov 16th – from Halifax, NS… “canadian net worth statistics” The median net worth for an individual Canadian adult is $89,014. But the median net worth for a family in 2005 was $148,350. Nov 15th – from Chicago, Illinois… “i bought apple stock on margin, what should i do” Depends on your investment… Read More »