December 7, 2010 – 5:12 am
Your family is your most precious asset and you “invest” in the lives of your children by providing love, support, food, clothing, shelter, safety, and education. But, from a financial perspective, children are considered a cost. North American families spend approximately $150,000 to $250,000 to raise one child. This doesn’t include post-secondary education, just the [...]
You get what you save for
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Marco den Ouden is a 30 year veteran of [...]
Jenny and Fiona Lees, 29-year-old identical twins, launched Balmshell Inc. in September of 2006. Balmshell is a Toronto-based cosmetics company that recently received some lofty media attention in February 2007. It was one of very few Canadian companies that were included in the “Everybody Wins at the Oscars” Nominee Gift Bags and the official gift [...]
October 10, 2005 – 6:29 am
“Twenty years in this business convinces me that any normal person using the customary three percent of the brain can pick stocks as well as, if not better, than the average Wall Street expert.”
- Peter Lynch
One of the wisest money managers of all time is Peter Lynch, the one-time portfolio manager of the spectacularly successful [...]
October 4, 2005 – 6:34 pm
“I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch” – lyrics to Summer Girls by LFO
The tween set, particularly girls between 8-14, now control a huge amount of disposable income. And some savvy retailers are homing in on this lucrative market. When Abercrombie & Fitch re-invented itself as a hip, trendy fashion designer for the younger [...]