Mike's Daily Comment

Don’t Become Financial Road-Kill – A miilion dollar nestegg in a 10yr Gov’t Bond returns only $16K a year! “You certainly can’t afford to fall asleep at the wheel”, particularily as a drop in stocks can be devastating.

Petition to Curb Foreign Investors in Real Estate – has Vancouver area Politicians eager to control residential prices despite horrid results where tried in London England and Australia

Mathematics: The Enemy of Modern Politics “Voters who ignore financial reality know with their heart as opposed to those who think with their head” Satirist Stephen Colbert

Public Sector Pensions – “The average Canadian Family of Four is on the hook for $31,000 to make up any shortfall in Public Sector Pensions. But it is actually more than that”

Where Are The Parents – In an Era where if anything goes wrong first the Government is turned to for an answer. Or blamed. What about parents, is it now an unwritten rule not to discuss the role of parents as part of the solution?