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Explaining Mortgage-Backed Securities

Avalanche Praised for Explosive Offensive Outburst in Wild Game 1 Win vs. Oilers

Justin Edmonds/Getty ImagesIn the time it takes you to read this sentence, the Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers may have scored two more goals.Tuesday’s Game 1 of the Western Conference Final was a track meet on ice that Colorado won 8-6. The Avalanche’s attack overwhelmed Edmonton’s defense from the start, and they are now three… […]

Purchasing Stocks for Beginners

Stocks also known as “shares” or “equity” allow you to buy a certain percentage of ownership of a public company trading on the stock market. The number of shares that you buy would represent a […]

Calculating Dividend Tax Credit

During the course of the year, corporations may pay out dividends and these dividends are categorized, eligible dividends or non eligible dividends. […]

The Difference Between Call Options vs Put Options

An option is a contract that gives its holder the right to buy or sell an asset within a specified time frame and price. There are two fundamental types of options that we’ve analyzed: Call […]

Understanding Bond Duration

When you’re reading about bonds, it’s almost impossible to not come across the word “ bond duration”. What does it mean and how does it affect your portfolio? Bond prices and their inverse relationship with interest […]

Participating in the Home Buyers’ Plan

Thinking of buying your first home using your RRSP funds? You can withdraw your funds under the Home Buyers’ Plan without worrying about withholding tax. […]

Preparing Your Startup for the Next M&A Wave

Though these alarming headlines seem all too familiar today, each originally ran from 2007-2010: The Great Recession dramatically slowed venture capital fundraising for many companies, just as recessionary fears are curtailing venture markets today. According to PitchBook, VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. While… […]

3 Ways to Bring Flexibility to Budgeting

With businesses undergoing constant changes, targets and budgets need to become more adaptive. Start by setting your goals and ranges rather than single numbers, setting some firm limits, and shortening the budget cycle. Every two years, we conduct “speed of change” research with our clients and community. In 2018, in a survey of more than… […]

Building Resilience into Your Family Business

Perhaps the most resilient family business are those that understand the existential need for sustained investment in organizational agility, even at the expense of efficiency and profitability. Their unique approach to managing risk provides an innovative playbook for leaders everywhere, as we enter an uncertain future. Many of these families have operated for decades and… […]