What is the Bank of Canada’s interest rate? This latest decrease brings the central bank’s rate—which sets the benchmark for Canada’s prime rate and variable-rate borrowing products—to 4.5%. Combined with last month’s decrease, the benchmark cost of borrowing in Canada is now down 0.5%...
Who are your money heroes? My money hero is my dear friend Bob Proctor. I met him in 2014, and—because we lived in the same city—we became friends. He became one of my greatest mentors. The celebrated self-help author and lecturer, who had only one month of...
It may hearten you to know that you likely have options. When it’s time to renew your mortgage, you can either stay with your current lender or shop around for a new one that offers a lower interest rate or different terms....
Ask MoneySense I wish to leverage my HELOC to invest in dividend-paying investments. How would you advise I approach this? Is this an effective tax savings tool? Is there any financial institution or products you would advise? —Martha Borrowing from a home equity line of credit You know, Martha,...
Die Broke is the book where I first encountered the colourful quip about how the last cheque you write should be to your undertaker, and it should bounce. In other words, the closer you can get to spending all your money just...
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Your agent earned a commission when he first sold you the policy 30 years ago. Using today’s pricing as an example, a 35-year-old male purchasing a $100,000 whole life policy will have a premium payment of about $143 per month. The agent...
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Recently, I found Matilda, my 11-year-old, camped out at my laptop, adding books from her new favourite young-adult fantasy novel series to Amazon’s virtual shopping cart. When I asked her if any of the books were on sale or, better yet, available...
“I would say if (the Bank of Canada) didn’t cut next week, it would signal a much greater willingness to tip the economy into recession, just for the sake of getting inflation down a few tenths of a percentage point more.” The latest...
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