If you happen to work for a very large company, chances are they have a program where they will match employee contributions to charitable donations dollar for dollar. So in other words you could …
Riskless Profit through Pure Arbitrage
The word "arbitrage" gets thrown around a little bit, but here follows the pure form of arbitrage which is defined as simultaneously being "long" AND "short" a security …
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RRSP Loan Strategy: Pay off high interest debt with a big RRSP contribution
Another RRSP loan strategy that some people use who are behind on their RRSP contributions is to take a really big RRSP loan all at once and to use the big tax refund to reduce high interest debt.One …
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We are approaching the 20th Anniversary of Black Monday on the Stock Markets
I came across an article on the Wall Street Journal which gives a great insight into Black Monday. For those of us newer to the stock markets and investing, Black Monday occurred on Monday October …
Income Tax – The Canadian Tax Bracket System
Updated to 2009 Tax Year Personal Income Tax You may or may not be aware that Canada's personal income tax system is set up in a "progressive" manner. Basically the more you earn, the more you are …
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An Advanced Investment Strategy: "The Option Straddle"
This is an Advanced Level Topic. I received a lot of comments about a recent guest article I wrote on Convertible Bond Arbitrage - it seems that a lot of people are interested in learning more about …
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