Across the United States, tens of thousands of low income workers have lobbied to raise the minimum wage to $15/hr. This is one of the largest wage protest in American history, and it appears to be working. 🙂 Seattle, WA is the first to begin a multi-year transition to $15/hr minimum wage starting this month. The people of San Francisco,… Read More »
I recently read a study suggesting that there is a correlation between the cost of engagement rings and the duration of marriages. Researchers looked at 3,000 U.S. adults who had been married at some point in their lives, and found that subjects were more likely to end up divorced if they had spent large sums of money on engagement rings… Read More »
Finance Minister, Joe Oliver introduced the government’s 2015 Federal Budget yesterday. The big takeaway is that there will be tax breaks for everyone. Yay! 😀 The proposed budget is expected to get passed as the Tories hold a majority government. It’s nice to finally see some welcomed changes in fiscal policy to address the economy rather than rely on… Read More »
If money didn’t exist, we’d all be rich. However the reality is that society needs a simple and effective medium of exchange so the economy can run efficiently. Since money is so ubiquitous, yet also finite, we should try to maximize its utility by controlling and spreading our spending over time. Sometimes this means delaying a purchase until a future… Read More »
Canadian Farmland Values Up Again Okay, it’s that time of year again when the national agency, Farm Credit Canada, release its farmland value report about the previous year’s farming landscape. As it turns out in 2014 the average Canadian farmland price increased 14.3%. 😀 Meanwhile residential real estate prices increased only 5.2%, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association.… Read More »
North Americans pay a lot of money for high speed internet access. One way to get around this costly expense is to own the means that produce the service. This means buying shares of the internet service providers that we use. Telecommunication companies are usually very generous to their shareholders as many pay out up to 40% of annual… Read More »