3+ day, 40+ min ago   (298+ words) Some inventors aren't motivated by financial considerations and give their patents or profits away. The rest of us need incentives What are we to make of these acts of selflessness, of massive charitable giving? Are the researchers to be applauded?...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1170+ words) Markets may a have bottomed in some regions, but job security and interest rates could trump other factors In the market for a home? You may ask yourself whether buying one in the middle of a trade war is a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (318+ words) Martin Pelletier: As higher rates and political risks reshape markets, opportunities may lie beyond the short-term noise While the break was refreshing, I have to admit it was difficult to completely disconnect given the escalating trade tensions between the United…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (650+ words) Financial Post Sir John Cowperthwaite, who was financial secretary of Hong Kong from 1961 to 1971, was known to resist collecting economic statistics because he believed if civil servants had data, they would abuse it to expand government intervention. The fear that…...

1+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (476+ words) Jamie Golombek: STEP Canada calls for government to fix indexing on dozens of tax limits, credits and thresholds While most income tax brackets, amounts, and thresholds are indexed to inflation, a recent analysis conducted by the Society of Trust and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (433+ words) What will markets do without Odysseus to guide them? For a couple of decades the Bank of Canada, the United States Federal Reserve and other central banks have been using “forward guidance” in their public communications to help financial markets…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (737+ words) Kim Moody: Canada has a recurring pattern of tax measures built for a headline and drafted without regard for how people move Every time I drive across a bridge, I thank the engineers who designed it. They respect the laws…...