Person Hands Opening Mailbox To Remove Newspaper More The CRA and the Canadian government have made sure that there are several comprehensive tax deductions and credits available for the people. The aim isn’t only to curtail the tax bill. Many tax deductions and credits allow Canadians to comfortably spend money on various necessities for themselves and […]
Trump's attempt to remove international students might hurt his bottom line
Forget for a moment the sheer cruelty of stripping international students of their visas once their colleges and universities shift to remote instruction. Forget the anti-immigrant animus that seems to motivate sending home some of the smartest students in the world. Consider instead the most sympathetic rationale for the Trump administration’s new rule on student visas: the […]
Target Date Funds vs. Index Funds: Which Is Better for You?
“For investments, age-appropriate is key,” Clark says. “With classic wealth-building, most people have both a retirement account and an investment account. As you get older, what financial people tend to recommend is that you have bond-type investments inside of your retirement account, while your investment account is overwhelmingly index funds. That’s because of the different […]
Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Appears to Back Expulsion of Old Mutual
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Zimbabwe’s ruling party said it will expel Old Mutual Ltd. from its financial system, sowing confusion over the status of the insurance giant in the country and what will happen next in the government …
Coronavirus vaccine could tilt election toward Trump by energizing stock market
AGF Investments chief U.S. strategist Greg Valliere on how increasing coronavirus cases in some states, a Biden presidency and another round of stimulus could impact markets. A COVID-19 vaccine could restore market confidence and tip the race for the White House back toward President Trump. Continue Reading Below The S&P 500 has rallied 42 percent from its […]
When I first started investing with an app at 21, I thought I was doing the right thing. I've since learned I had it all backward.
I started out investing simply to grow wealth over time, but using an app that only offered one type of account meant I ended up investing out of order. After several years, I realized that I wasn’t actually investing in the best type of account for my goal. For long-term wealth building, a tax-advantaged retirement […]
Business Leaders Urge Trump to Leave DACA Alone After Court Ruling
A group of prominent business leaders urged President Trump on Saturday to leave in place a program affecting roughly 800,000 young immigrants who are shielded from deportation, saying it would disrupt the economy and impact the battle against the coronavirus. The letter, from members of the Coalition for the American Dream, an alliance of business […]
Biden Forges Brand of Liberal Populism to Use Against Trump
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Joe Biden is pledging to define his presidency by a sweeping economic agenda beyond anything Americans have seen since the Great Depression and the industrial mobilization for World War II.
Trump gets some good election news: GOP voter registrations outpace Democrats
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images By DAVID SIDERS 07/11/2020 08:45 AM EDT It was a flicker of hope for Donald Trump in an otherwise dismal summer. Late last month, the Democratic data firm TargetSmart found that while new voter registrations had plummeted amid the coronavirus pandemic, those who were registering in competitive states tended to be whiter, […]
2 Investing Tricks to Double Your Money
Actor Will Rogers said, “The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your back pocket.” Unfortunately, that folded dollar bill is still only worth $1 — which is no help when you’re trying to build wealth. A better strategy is to invest in the stock market […]