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Kevin O’Leary for Leadership of Conservative Party of Canada?

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Yes, this is happening. Although not yet, technically. About two weeks ago Kevin live streamed on his Facebook page, posing a question to those watching: “Should I run for leader of the Conservative Party of Canada?” He explains that he has put a “terrific” group of people together to form his exploratory committee that will work to determine if he is the right candidate for the top job, and of course raise money. Check it out below. Keep Reading

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Populism: What Is It?

Yesterday in my video I discussed the factors that I saw as the cause for partisanship, and one of the

US Interest Rate: First Increase in a Year

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Today the US Federal Reserve (their central bank), headed up by Janet Yellen, raised the US interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.75% from 0.5%.

For the decision, Janet Yellen explained: Keep Reading

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Where is the Economy Going?

Over the past few years there’ve been many broad and very public predictions of an impending market downturn. I remember

Christy Clark Gets Dramatic in Lead Up to Provincial Election

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Yesterday the Globe and Mail reported on the bold behaviour of British Columbia’s Premier Christy Clark at Friday’s climate change talks in Ottawa, and accredited it to an early bit of campaigning.

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My Love for Newspapers

I should preface this by noting that I have a love for many old man things (or things perceived to

Why Big Business is Excited About Trump

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It’s hard to know what Americans must be thinking right now about the country’s economic future. About half (give or take the popular vote…), of Americans voted for President-Elect Trump, and I can only imagine that many must now be feeling like they’ve had the rug pulled out from under their feet. For starters, their soon-to-be-President promised them he would remove the corruption from Washington, yet his Cabinet appears to be stacked with billionaires. He also attacked Clinton rigorously for her conflict-of-interest connection to The Clinton Foundation during the campaign, but now we hear that he will remain a producer on his reality tv show The Apprentice. With this said, it is easy to see why the markets favour Trump, and why we’ve continued to see stocks rally (the S&P’s 500-stock index has risen 5.6% since the election). Keep Reading

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4 Things To Know Today

Trump defends Putin’s “I didn’t meddle, swear,” the dems have several notable election victories, Bitcoin Cash is gaining in momentum

Top Personal Finance Tips from the Financial Post

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Mogo Money recently submitted a piece to the Financial Post featuring 10 top financial tips from Canadian personal finance writers and experts. Among the contributors are Chantal Chapman, Jessica Moorhouse, Sean Cooper, and Olivia Lovenmark, on behalf of The Paper & Coffee. Keep Reading

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The November Event: Wine & Personal Finance Experts!

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The Paper & Coffee is on a mission to make finance fun, so we’re making it social – just as it should be! This November 23rd we’re hosting our first event in Gastown, Vancouver. We’ll have a panel of personal finance experts (featuring WealthBar CEO Tea Nicola, Voleo CEO Thomas Beattie, and Mogo Money Financial Fitness Coach Chantel Chapman!), and a moderator (me!), to lead you through a discussion about the current financial industry and how as millennials, we fit into it.

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How Does US Government Work?

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With all of the US election coverage we’ve been watching, there has been consistant mention of the Senate and the House of Representatives, among other things, but who are these groups and what exactly is their relation to the President? These two bodies themselves actually make up one of the three bodies (the legislative branch), of power that make up the government: the executive branch, legislative branch and judicial branch. And to add a little colour, photos of each branch’s HQ are included, care of me and my recent tour of Washington, D.C.

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4 Things To Know Today

Trump defends Putin’s “I didn’t meddle, swear,” the dems have several notable election victories, Bitcoin Cash is gaining in momentum

Q&A: What are Bitcoin & Blockchain and More Importantly, Why Do They Matter?

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We’ve been hearing about bitcoin for a number of years now in the mainstream media and the common understanding is that it is a digital currency. Of course, this currency has not hit the mainstream in use, and so there is still a cloud of mystery around how it works and why it is of great significance.

I’d like to start by clarifying that it is not Bitcoin itself that is so significant, but the potential for mass adoption of a cryptocurrency (also referred to as digital currency), and the underlying blockchain technology that allows for the incredibly safe and trustworthy transfer of the currency, and any other kind of data or information. To best put it into context, blockchain is the new internet, and Bitcoin is the app that leverages the internet technology. Blockchain is completely game changing and the opportunities for application are endless.

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The Market’s Political Opinion

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It’s just a little ironic that a politician obtuse business person who boasts about his tax plans to support America’s biggest corporations would also be the person who the market, aka big business, distrusts most.

According to The New York Times’ Economic View writer Justin Wolfers, “stocks may lose 10 to 12 per cent of their value if [Trump] wins the November election.”

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Where is the Economy Going?

Over the past few years there’ve been many broad and very public predictions of an impending market downturn. I remember

The Deficit: An Update on the Federal Government’s Spending

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This week the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), reported that expenses for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016-17 (April – July, the government’s fiscal year begins in April), were $3.4 billion higher than the same quarter of 2015, or 5.7 per cent higher, the highest in 6 years. Why were they higher? Keep Reading

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