A Year Ago
When I was laid off from Nortel, it took about a year for me to recover from the shock of being told after twenty years, you are redundant.
More Pensioners in 2008 but Cheaper Cell Phones ?
The number of members in Registered Pension Plans in 2008 was about 5.9M folks. What astounded me what that by 2019 there were more folks in them, I would have thought the opposite.
Random Thoughts: $50 Billion is a lot of money
U.S. faces Hyperinflation risk: Learn what a huge federal budget deficit could mean for economy. Keyphrase ‘federal’ used twice.
Dollar a Litre Gas Returns for the Summer
Many years ago we cringed thinking about gas at a dollar a litre, but these days, it is just inevitable, isn’t it?
The Madness Ends
In April 2009, “madness” didn’t just describe basketball—it defined the stock market and economic anxiety. This post captures the uncertainty of that era: collapsing markets, whispers of the Bank of Canada printing money, mortgage rate shifts, and even the surprising number of Canadian billionaires. The financial chaos of 2009 might have ended on paper, but the aftershocks—and the lessons—still resonate.
Keywords: Madness, financial markets, Bank of Canada, mortgage rates, Canadian economy, 2009 crash, inflation, stock market volatility
