Every business owner wants to increase his sales for the months to come and most don’t even have a clue what to do. Here are some Tips and suggestions that you can put into practice. What to do to increase sales? First understand that all businesses need products and services to market and as a [...]
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Caution! Financial fraud through fake e-mails
Now a days fake and fraudulent e-mails regarding, WINNING OF LOTTERY, BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROPOSALS, TRANSFER OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, CHARITY GIVING, ASSISTANCE FOR RELEASING BOX CONTAINING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, APPOINTMENT OF COLLECTION AGENTS etc. etc. are being sent to various internet users by some imposters mainly from African countries. These cheaters and imposters introduce themselves [...]
Your life is limited not by opportunities; but by your imagination
“Imagination is more important than knowledge,” said Albert Einstein. How is it relevant to every day life? In every day life, you come across unlimited obstacles; problems one after another. How to overcome all that? Many times you believe that what you know is the complete truth and refuse to understand that there are alternatives [...]
Tighten The Housing Market?
As Canadian personal and mortgage borrowing continues to climb, international watchdogs have called on the government to better assess the risk. The high debt load now poses a risk to government coffers. How? Mortgage lenders in Canada are required to have default insurance on any mortgage with less than a 20% down payment. Most of [...]
Really, an Increase in Household Debt isn’t all Bad
Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 The growing household debt of Canadians who should be in their prime savings years reflects demographic changes that will alter the nature of retirement, in ways that have some surprisingly positive sides. They may be “punch-drunk” on low interest rates, as a report by CIBC economist Avery [...]
BOC publishes Winter Survey
Here’s the Overview • Responses to the winter survey suggest that the global economic outlook and concerns about demand continue to weigh on firms’ expectations for business activity. • While the indicator of past sales activity has held up, the balance of opinion on future sales has turned slightly negative, as firms in Western Canada [...]
Vancouver Is Not Affordable; Toronto Is Better Than Vancouver : Housing Survey
According to the Eighth Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, Canada ranked third, behind the United States and Ireland. However, Vancouver is the world’s second-least affordable major city to buy a house, according to the survey. Toronto’s housing market is also unaffordable, but better than Vancouver. The poll covered 325 metropolitan markets around the world [...]
Investing For Success in 2012
Stocks were all over the place last year, but finished close to the starting point. Should we expect more of the same? Or, as some doomsayers never tire of reminding us, should we get ready for that day-of-reckoning stemming from problems in Europe and fiscal imbalances in the U.S? I don’t buy into those scenarios. [...]
Confused about different types of RRSPs and wondering what to choose?
Then here’s an explanation. Individual RRSP —Account is registered in the name of the (individual) contributor. Self-directed RRSP —If you are a do-it-yourself investor, then go for self-directed plan. It can hold a wide range of investments together in one plan. Annual trustee fees of up to $150 are often waived for those with at [...]
Second-Best Year on Record for Sales
Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 4,718 transactions through the TorontoMLS® system in December 2011. The December result capped off the second-best year on record under the current Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) boundaries. Total sales for 2011 amounted to 89,347 – up four per cent in comparison to 2010. “Low borrowing costs kept Buyers confident in [...]
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