Dollars & Sense

Who would have thought that this Barbie revival would have taken over? Supposedly, stores have sold out of the “Barbie pink." I’m just glad I don’t have a young daughter at home who would have wanted her bedroom repainted!

Remember when you would call your parents, on their “home phone” (landline) and then each one would pick up a different receiver so you could all talk together? One would yell, "let me get your mother", or "let me get your father," and continue to shout...

Day 2 of my RBC DS regional conference, held at Deerhurst this year. 450 attendees. Kicking off the morning with Mike Scott, Senior Vice-President & Managing Director, hosted by our own Branch Manager, Steve Harrop.

Jerome Powell was the market’s main character yesterday: As expected, the Fed opted not to raise interest rates for the first time in 15 months, but stocks fell because the Fed also signaled that they're planning two more rate hikes before the end of...

Thanks in part to Apple, (AAPL), closing at a record high for the first time since January 2022, the S&P500 climbed to its highest level in over a year yesterday.

We were thrilled to attend a special presentation by our Chief Portfolio Strategist, Jim Allworth, yesterday at Canoe. Thank you, Jim, for your insight and perspective, it provides us with many topics to discuss with our clients.

What a wonderful concept! Practicing kindness to others is actively beneficial to reduce stress. I find this with Yoga. At the end of each class, the teacher reads a quote, it makes you pause and think, and everyone is a little kinder than when they walked...