by admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Money Management
Watching TV, and even surfing the net, or just going from website to website, you get adds from Banks and Loan companies trying to get you to borrow money. There is a famous line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet that most people know. “Neither a borrower nor a...
by admin | Feb 3, 2019 | General Thoughts
If you live in Ontario you know that General Motors is going to close its Oshawa facilities at the end of 2019. This will affect about 2500 employees directly, and several times more employees indirectly. Around Oshawa are all the parts suppliers,...
by admin | Feb 2, 2019 | Investing
It has been a very emotional and trying time over the last few weeks. I unexpectedly lost my older brother (my only brother) to complications from bypass surgery. My 94 year old mother feel and broke her hip, and has gone downwards since. The last time I saw her,...
by admin | Nov 14, 2018 | General Thoughts
I did something today that has affected me far more than I thought it would. I cancelled my home phone line. I have been with Bell since when we had to listen to the type of ring, to know if the call was for us. For the longest time we were two long rings. I really...
by admin | Sep 29, 2018 | Investing, Money Management
I was at an investing seminar put on by the local Credit Union this week. It as an after supper presentation so it wasn’t all that long. There were a bunch of things that struck me as I was listening to the presenters and watching the audience. But there was...