Welcome to this edition of cooking with Liquid. 😀 Today we’ll be making a simple yet delicious cheeseburger. As many of you may already know, McDonald’s recently started to sell its secret sauces in grocery stores across Canada. This is the first time ordinary consumers can recreate the iconic tastes of the famous restaurant at home without buying dozens… Read More »
Fast food and other low wage earners are often under-appreciated and misunderstood. But they are an important part of the economy. Not only do they make breakfast and coffee for other people in the workforce, they can also inspire us to work hard and be successful. 🙂 There are different types of success. Making $100,000 a year as… Read More »
The secret to a long life may lie in the fast food industry, ironically. Earlier this year the founder of Chick-fil-A passed away at the ripe old age of 93. The Canadian entrepreneur behind Baskin-Robbins, Carl Karcher of Carl’s Junior, and Colonel Sanders of KFC all died at age 90. The founders of Hardee’s, Taco Bell, and even McDonalds… Read More »
Want to invest in China? The Shanghai stock market index (SSE) has returned an embarrassing -22% in the last 5 years. A buy and hold strategy would have lost money. Doh! The Chinese stock market is too mainstream anyway. So I’ve developed a better strategy to invest in the world’s second largest economy. My plan is a bit risky, and you’ve probably never… Read More »
A dedicated reader recently emailed me about how I’ve managed to reach my financial position today without making a large income. So I thought I’d reveal one of my best kept secrets to becoming rich: Taking money from the government 😉 I’ve blogged about my various income streams in the past, but there is one income source that I… 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 »