Budget week. I did a lot of financial reading in the Globe and Mail.
The Liberal deficit slays one elephant. Time for a second: Raising the GST – Globe and Mail, Friday, March 25
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/the-liberal-deficit-slays-one-elephant-time-for-a-second-raising-the-gst/article29382149/
I have to admit a personal bias here. I loved this article by Scott Clark and Peter Devries because it addressed one of my pet peeves with the previous government; the reduction of the GST by two points. The GST is amongst my preferred methods of taxation. It is a user tax. The people who spend more money, pay more tax.
Gender, math and money: New study points to gaps in financial literacy – Globe and Mail, Thursday, March 24
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/household-finances/new-study-sheds-light-on-gender-gaps-in-financial-literacy/article29366593/
Jacqueline Nelson discusses a Statistics Canada study that revealed some differences between financial literacy in groups of men and women when it came to financial decision-making and confidence.
Retirees and technology can, and should, live happily ever after – Globe and Mail, Wednesday, March 23
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/retirement/retire-lifestyle/retirees-and-technology-can-and-should-live-happily-ever-after/article29341057/
Not everything I read this week was about raising the GST. Josh O’Kane examines five ways technology can change retirement for the better.
What I want to see in coming federal budgets – Globe and Mail, Sunday, March 20
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/household-finances/things-i-want-to-see-the-government-do-in-upcoming-budgets/article29305645/
Ditto, Rob Carrick on the GST increase.
Rosenberg: It’s time to cut corporate taxes and raise the GST back to 7% – Globe and Mail, Thursday, February 18
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economic-insight/reading-between-the-lines-of-canadas-economic-story/article28803183/
One more time, David Rosenberg from last month!
Early in my life I had a freind who never had money in hand and always borrowed. If I only knew then what I know now about applying interest to the loans for those nickel popcycles and dime bottles of coke I would be a rich man today.
I enjoyed reading the article you posted on Gender, math and money – statistics not necessarily true considering my family. Interestingly our family’s financial advisor is a woman and has provided my husband and I both with several opportunities to learn more about the financial services industry and investing overall.