The epiphany about my biggest purchase only hit me a while ago. I was chatting with some co-workers about purchasing houses. Yes, I bought my house last century, so the price was not nearly as high as the… Read More »My Biggest Purchase Was Not A House
At the end of most of the problems in this world you really can just point to greed (yes an oversimplification at first glance, but not in my opinion). The root of all evil is… Read More »Greed and Tweets for the Week
For those who didn’t see the info from Stats Canada in their daily report: Canada’s population estimates: Age and sex, July 1, 2015, there are now officially more Seniors in Canada than Children. To quote the report directly:
For the first time, the number of persons aged 65 years and older exceeded the number of children aged 0 to 14 years.
Will the world start pandering more to Seniors now? That is where the money is, see the interesting graphic below from the report, and there are going to be a lot more of us soon too!
For those who are not aware, Ottawa has lost one of its own with the passing of Max Keeping yesterday. As someone who has lived in Ottawa for a long time, I consider myself an adopted son of the city. Max Keeping was the voice of News for a very long time and I am deeply saddened to see him go, but he had been fighting a tough battle with cancer. While I may not have agreed with all of his opinions, I always respected the way he portrayed the news. Let us all remember Max and the impact he had on the city. Rest in Peace Max.
A busy life week for me, so only two posts, but an oldie but goodie seems to be gaining some attention
Of course you can trust me:
The Canadian Government is getting out of the cheque writing business so here is how Direct Deposit Enrolment works for many benefits programs.
Some fun tweets about money, finances, investing and life in general.
