Think and Grow Rich

May 30, 2014 |Dian Chaaban
90 Billion. That’s Bill Gates’ net worth. In second place is Mexican businessman, Carlos Slim Helu at 70.7 Billion. The list goes on, and on here. So how did the richest people in the world become the richest people in the world? I came across an article...
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How will you be remembered

May 25, 2014 |Dian Chaaban
Earlier this week, I met a client for lunch who told me about a video he had seen online about granting a middle-aged man’s wish to drive a Mclaren F1 around a closed circuit track for a few laps; he had a very strange condition and the only long term...
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Strength in Numbers

May 23, 2014 |Dian Chaaban
Good news for RBC yesterday made shareholders even happier when the stock hit an all-time record high of $75.93 (briefly in the morning). The hype is thanks to solid second-quarter profits of 2.2 billion with earnings growth in Wealth Management, Canadian...
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Sell in May and Go Away

May 16, 2014 |Dian Chaaban
The sell-in-May rhyme is a well-known trading adage that warns investors to sell their stock holdings in May (to avoid a possible seasonal decline in equity markets due to fun in the sun) and switch into the fixed income space. n, in the Fall, when the...
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Bucket List

May 09, 2014 |Dian Chaaban
What do you want to do before you kick the proverbial bucket? I’d like to go sky diving, see the new & old 7 Wonders of the World, fly a plane, drive on the Autobahn, go on a scotch tour in Scotland, conquer a triathlon, be on a reality TV show and go...
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Slow Down

May 02, 2014 |Dian Chaaban
Last weekend I slowed life down, yogi style with the WOA Corporate City Break Yoga Retreat at the beautiful and scenic Deerhurst Resort in Muskoka. Lead by the inspiring and positively remarkable Julie Zuzek (The Corporate Yogi) and Toronto’s most sought...
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