Finances

It’s my own fault, but I’m going to place a bit of the blame on COVID here – I’m watching too much TV these days. Too many movies. Too much news. Also… I’m getting kind of irritable. Ask my wife. I’m fed up with COVID. Fed up with not being able to connect with those I love in the way I used to. And fed up with the media.  My latest frustration is how the media portrays … [Read more...] about Capitalism: friend or foe?

It’s is April 20 as I write this. Yesterday was federal budget day.  I’m in BC and today is our BC provincial budget day. I have to ask: is it irony? Or do you think that it’s purposeful that our province of BC would hold their budget on April 20 – International Weed Day? There is much I could write about yesterday’s federal budget. Instead, I will home in on some small fine … [Read more...] about BC Provincial Budget – new rules on DTC eligibility

For a month or so now, the news has highlighted something called short selling. This has been due to actions from a Reddit group who chose to manipulate the share price of a number of companies (GameStop among them) to hurt a number of hedge funds. To be very blunt about it, short selling is NOT a form of investing. It is a form of gambling, no different than a card game or … [Read more...] about Musical shares: The long and short of short selling