Professional football players are able to make oodles of money because they always have a goal in mind. 😀 But only 65% of Canadians feel confident they will achieve their financial goals in 2015, according to a recent CIBC poll. This is down from 76% in 2014. It appears we’re entering the New Year with a less optimistic financial outlook than last. Nevertheless… Read More »
E-Commerce Giant Don’t feel bad if you don’t know what Alibaba Group Holding Ltd does. An Ipsos poll conducted for Thomson Reuters found that 88% of Americans had never heard of the e-commerce company. Based out of China, Alibaba is like a combination of Ebay + Amazon, and is responsible for 80% of all online sales in the world’s… Read More »
Apple and Beats The world’s largest company, Apple Inc, has purchased Beats Electronics for $3 billion. Beats by Dre is a popular brand of headphones that sells for $300 a pair. #veryprofitable. As an Apple shareholder I approve of this deal and hope to make lots of money from this strategic move 🙂 I hope consumers are ready… Read More »
Retiree Wins Lottery – Then Gives it all Away What would you do if you won the lottery? Tom Crist, retired CEO of an electrical wholesale company who lives in Calgary, said he’s giving away his entire $40 million Lotto Max prize. He lost his wife to cancer 2 years ago. He now plans to put the lottery… Read More »
Fed Taper The Federal Reserve announced earlier this week that they will begin to taper their bond/mortgage program from $85 billion a month to just $75 billion starting from January next year. I was a little surprised when the stock markets jumped on this news. I suppose investors believe the economy is doing better. What does this mean… Read More »
Thanks a Latte For all of next week there will be free coffee being served at participating McDonald’s restaurants in Canada. You can see their Facebook page for more detail 🙂 If you want to exploit other people’s caffeine addictions like I have, then consider investing in profitable coffee companies 🙂 I bought shares of Starbucks and Tim… Read More »