A recent survey by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board shows that nearly two-thirds of Canadians worry about running out of savings during retirement. This concern is especially high in younger ...

Have you heard about the booming business in home safes? Home Depot may not be selling too much drywall these days, but safe sales are up by a third aross the United States. I did some investigating ...

Even Sherry Cooper couldn’t polish it. “The jobs numbers released today for October exceeded expectations in both the U.S. and Canada,” the former bank economist, now a shill for Dominion Lending ...

The share of first-time homebuyers in America has also descended to an historic low. But it’s not 10%, like here. Instead ...

Seven months ago I toyed with buying a marina which makes most of its money from leasing a slew of docks and boathouses. Sit on a wharf. Suck on a drink with an umbrella in it. Be refreshed by a ...

Investing is hard. It’s scary. Buying a house, in contrast, is easy. It’s mainstream. No wonder 70% of people (and almost 80% of Boomers) have real estate, while less than 10% of own stocks and only 7 ...

First-time dads are so cute. At less than a year-and-a-half old he’s planning out the next few decades for his girl – who might end up in tats, piercings and a Rats tribute punk band. But it’s noble.

Election? Pffft. It’s a mess. (See the end of this pathetic post for details.) And speaking of shameful disasters, let’s turn our attention to 98 Tragina Avenue, in a dodgy hood of Hamilton, that ...

Because it’s tiring being pissed off and victimized all day, let’s move on from Wexit. Alberta will not leave Canada, of course. Neither that flat province next door. Nor Quebec. There’s simply no ...

“You won’t be doing that much longer,” she said caustically, as I pulled out my snappy, sorta-new Blackberry. I looked at my wife with disdain, toyed with a retort, but gave it up. She was probably ...