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Weekly Updates for the week ending November 25, 2022
Items that may only interest or educate me …. Increased TFSA contribution limit, probability of smaller interest rate increases in Canada and the USA, potential rail system gridlock (again) Let us start with some good news. The annual contribution limit for Canada’s tax-free savings account (TFSA) is set to rise from C$6,000 to C$6,500 for […]
The week ending November 4, 2022
Items that may only interest or educate me …. This week: Canada’s Fall Economic Statement, latest US interest rate hike, UK interest rate hike, OPEC, world’s strongest dollar. Let’s begin. This week, Canada’s Fall Economic Statement showed Canadian finances have improved thanks to a windfall of revenue from the oil and gas energy and taxes […]
The week ending October 21, 2022
Items that may only interest me …. Statistics Canada data released this week showed Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) year over year inflation rate for September rose to 6.9%, decelerating from 7% in August (analysts were expecting 6.8%). That is the third successive month that the year over year CPI has dropped. As well, Canada’s […]
The week ending September 16, 2022
Fractional shares…. Just when supply chain problems were slowly being eliminated, rail workers in the US threatened to go on strike. Fortunately, a deal between the major U.S. railroads and the railroad unions was reached to avert a work stoppage. This was such a crucial deal for the US economy that even President Biden took […]
The week ending August 26, 2022
Fractional shares…. This weekend is the one-year anniversary of this blog – 52 weekly updates, plus the occasional commentary post. There have been changes along the way as we try to figure out what information to feature and how to present it. One thing learned has been earnings seasons are a real grind. It seems […]