Great Possible Financial Book Titles
Some great possible financial book titles are made to grab your attention, and get you interested like, “Ketchup on your RRSPs”, and others.
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What is Financial Literacy
What does financial literacy mean in Canada? People understanding their finances is key to financial success, especially these days.
Asteroids, Tax Cuts, Lemurs and #BestThisWeek
We have successfully landed on an asteroid! This is a tremendous accomplishment! Despite the challenges presented by the asteroid’s size and speed, the attachment mechanism is experiencing some glitches. Nevertheless, the team is working tirelessly to ensure that the dishwasher remains securely attached throughout the journey. However, concerns have been raised about the feasibility of a full rinse cycle. Nonetheless, it is an extraordinary feat to have a dishwasher onboard a fast-moving object in space.
I must thank my parents that they pushed me to get a University Education, after watching those two window washers at One World Trade dangling 69 stories up. I’d need to be paid a lot more than I currently make to do that job, but I guess there are folks who don’t mind that kind of risk in their day-to-day jobs (but I am not one of them).
Plenty of talk about the coming tax cuts in the next budget, whether they deliver, is another question, and whether the Public can be bought off or not (sorry that is a cynical view of politics (or is it?)). Maybe they will cut our EI premiums a little more? A few other carrots being tested via “leaks” from the government. Start paying down the National Debt would be a very good thing.
Sad to read of the deaths of two of my favorite supporting characters on TV. First Carol Ann Susi passed away this week, you may not recognize her name, but she was the voice of Howard Walowitz’s mother, “HOWARD!!!“. Wonder what they will do about this on the show? The second passing was Jovian the Lemur from ZooBooMaFoo, who would leap around on the show. Jovian died of kidney failure.
My Writings for Week Ending November 14th
Remembrance Day in Ottawa is always an awe-inspiring event, and this year it was that much more, truly astounding to see that many folks come out to say thanks to those who defend our rights and freedoms.
- We should all be partying like it is 2008 again, as Unemployment is at 2008 levels (according to Stats Canada). However one of my commenters questions the validity of the number, given he doesn’t count.
- I shy away from individual stock picking for a lot of reasons, not the least of which was How Class B Shares are defined for some companies.
- If you need something to read for Financial Literacy Month, I did a Book Review: Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting out of Debt , start with that.
How Class B Shares Cured Me of Stock Picking
Stock picking for joe six-pack is a dangerous game to play, and for me the epiphany of this, was when I foolishly bought stock and they were class B shares
Unemployment is like it is 2008 Again
On Friday Stats Canada came out with another happier Jobs Report, reporting that Employment Numbers up and the Unemployment rate down to where it was in 2008 (before all the economic silliness of the past few years). Their exact statement was:
Employment rose for the second consecutive month, up 43,000 in October. This pushed the unemployment rate down 0.3 percentage points to 6.5%, the lowest rate since November 2008.
Quite cheery numbers given it does not seem like we are in an extensive recovery, but these numbers suggest that at least we are back to where we were in terms of unemployment (if you believe those numbers, that is).
The unemployment graph looks quite encouraging:
The more interesting numbers are in the detailed sections, where Stats Can points out:
Compared with October 2013, part-time employment rose by 101,000 (+3.0%) and full-time employment was up 81,000 (+0.6%). Over the same period, the number of hours worked rose slightly (+0.4%).
So the economy continues to grow part-time jobs, how many of our young folks are working multiple part-time jobs to be able to live? That would be a very interesting stat, but the number of hours worked rose so that hints that there are more hours being worked at least.
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