Quebec's austerity measures which include the raising of tuition fees for its post-secondary students have been headline news in Canada for the past month.  In light of that, I thought that it was time to do a brief posting on Quebec's financial situation.   Let’s

The recent mainstream media coverage of the "Facebook Event of the Century" has me thinking that one of two things has happened.  First, either it is a very, very slow news cycle or, second, we have entered yet another stock mania.  My suspicion is that this is yet

Canada's Bank of Montreal recently released the results of another one of their fascinating surveys; this time, they asked Canadians whether or not they expected to be carrying a mortgage as they "rode west" into their sunset retirement years.  Here are the results.  

Recently, Bloomberg published a news item on Canada's banking system and its relationship with the country's real estate market.  While I'm not prone to quote from the mainstream media since it is my preference to post directly from the source material, in this case, the

Some months back, I posted an article that outlined the dangers of the world's overall sovereign, corporate and household debt levels in an posting entitled "The Debt Break Over Point - When is too much, too much?".  In this article, I noted that debt is a two-edged sword;

Along with the monthly unemployment data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases a monthly review showing the number of jobs available to Americans.  The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release(or JOLTS) reveals the number of job openings available to the American

Jemma was speaking to the media upon her arrival from China together with her counterparts Mr. Stephen Dhiew of Petroleum and Mining and John Luk Jok, the Minister of Justice.

The ministers had accompanied the president to China on a state visit where the ministers were left behind to have meetings