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 »
Hello friends in Bella Bella 😀 Did you feel the recent earthquakes? Hope it didn’t do too much damage. Hello friends in Ontario and everyone else who was affected by the big storm 🙁 Best wishes to you and your families. November is financial literacy month. It’s when a bunch of organizations come together to raise awareness and… Read More »
It’s not everyday we see a 10% intra-day drop in Google’s stock price but that’s what happened today when they missed analysts’ expectations. To make things worse there was a small hiccup during the earnings report process when a third party company accidentally released their profits early without permission, which caused all kinds of problems (゜o゜) Some investors are… Read More »
Forbes recently published their list once again of the richest people in the US. On top of the list this year is Gates with $66B, followed by Buffett with 46B. This is very inspirational to me. I like reading about their stories and how they got to where they are. I don’t expect to be on the list,… Read More »
Big win for Apple yesterday as a jury group ruled that Samsung has infringed on Apple’s patents and should pay Apple over a billion dollars for copying the technologies in iPads and iPhones. For consumers this probably doesn’t change anything in the immediate future. Samsung said they will try to appeal, so this case is just beginning and can… Read More »
Some quick news from around the world The Canadian Dollar reached a 3 month high relative to the USD as oil and metal prices became stronger. Time for some cross border shopping? Our country’s trade deficit unexpectedly soared to $1.8 billion in June. This means we are importing more stuff than selling to other countries. China’s export growth… Read More »