March 19, 2025
Financial Assets

Houston, we may have an asset problem, not a debt problem

It’s widely believed that the biggest issue with U.S. consumers’ balance sheets is indebtedness, but the Federal Reserve’s latest financial accounts – and the volatile stock market – suggest that larger risks may be on the other side of the ledger. This seems counterintuitive. Household wealth has never been higher, rising some $163 billion in

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Financial Assets

Why bonds are better than GICs for nervous investors

If you were looking for portfolio security back in 2022, GICs were the screamingly obvious choice over bonds. Back then, guaranteed investment certificates offered yields of as much as 5 per cent for terms of one through five years at alternative banks. That same year, bonds produced an annual loss of 11.7 per cent, including

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Operating Assets

Edinburgh property that ‘looks like a poop emoji’ is named Scottish Hotel of the Year 2025

Some say it’s a hotel that looks like a number two, but it’s the No.1 in the eyes of the judges of a prestigious hospitality award. The W Edinburgh is widely derided as resembling a poop emoji – but it has just been named Scottish Hotel of the Year 2025 at the Hotels of the

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Financial Assets

IA Financial has a war chest for more acquisitions after flurry of deals led to a boom in assets under management

Open this photo in gallery: IA Financial Group President and CEO Denis Ricard, who has spent his entire 40-year career with iA, has been laser-focused on expanding the company.Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail IA Financial IAG-T chief executive Denis Ricard is on the hunt for more acquisitions with $1.4-billion of capital at the ready, as

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Operating Assets

OMERS reports 8.3-per-cent gain propelled by strong U.S. dollar as tariff threat looms

A weakened Canadian dollar helped propel Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System to an 8.3-per-cent annual gain on its investments, as tariff threats and a buoyant American economy boosted the relative value of U.S. dollar assets. OMERS has 53 per cent of its $138-billion of assets in the U.S. and pays pensions in Canadian dollars. About

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Fixed Assets

Astonishing new footage shows Delta Air Lines plane crash land before flipping over and exploding in fireball – US News

Home > News > US News Updated 13:41 18 Feb 2025 GMTPublished 13:29 18 Feb 2025 GMT The plane crashed at the Toronto airport and ended up upside-down New footage of the Delta Air Lines plane which crash landed at Toronto’s Pearson Airport shows the aircraft coming down to the ground before flipping over and

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Financial Assets

Opinion: Just what can stop the all-powerful Donald Trump? The stock market, our last hope

Open this photo in gallery: A cut-out of president-elect Donald Trump is displayed on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York’s Financial District on Jan. 2.Seth Wenig/The Associated Press John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires

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Gold Investing

Canadian investors add gold, uranium stocks as trade war risk grows

As the threat of a trade war grows, Canadian investors are seeking protection in gold and in shares of companies producing goods with few substitutes, such as uranium, while looking to take advantage of a weaker loonie and expected volatility. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to implement a 25% tariff on most Canadian imports

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Operating Assets

Nigeria: Obanikoro Accuses Access Bank of Using His Property As Collateral for N1bn Loan Without His Consent

New facts have emerged on how Access Bank clandestinely granted N1 billion loan to a going concern, DDSS International Company limited, using a property belonging to another company, MOB Integrated Services, run by Gbolahan Obanikoro, as collateral without the owner’s consent or knowledge. Details of the loan provided by insiders, revealed that the property, owned

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Gold Investing

The price of gold is at a record high. Here’s why

A gold rush is here. The precious metal hit an all time high this week. The spot price for gold closed Tuesday above $2,514, according to data from FactSet. That’s the highest closing price recorded for the commodity to date. Here’s what you need to know. What is the price of gold today? The spot

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