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Stock Portfolio Reflection
In Line at Tim Horton’s Today I was in line at Tim Horton’s with a friend of mine. I was catching up with him after awhile. I asked him how his stock portfolio was doing and he showed me. His portfolio was up nearly 20 percent. His holdings were simple: VFV (Vanguard’s Canadian dollar version…
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The Starbucks Empire: Built on love for employees and coffee
The Founders Starbucks was founded by Gordon Bowker, Zev Siegl and Jerry Baldwin. They went to school together at the University of San Francisco and fell in love with Peet’s Coffee. Peet’s coffee company was the first real-deal coffee on the west coast of the United States. Peet’s founder Alfred Peet, brought specialty Arabica coffee…
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The Dave Ramsey Story : 7 Baby Steps to Millions
Who is Dave Ramsey Dave Ramsey is a 63 year old Billionaire with a media empire and an extensive portfolio of Real Estate to his name. His media empire features his own talk show “The Ramsey Show” where the primary topic is financial literacy and getting out of debt. The Ramsey show is based in…
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Canada’s Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) Explained
History The TFSA was implemented in January 2009 by the Stephen Harper-led government. Its purpose was to help Canadians better meet their savings goals by allowing them to put money into eligible investment vehicles and watch their savings grow tax-free. One of the big banks in Canada did a study in late 2021 and concluded…
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How Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya Built his Wealth
Who is Chamath? Chamath Palihapitiya is a Sri-Lankan-born Billionaire who grew up in Canada and now resides in the United States. He is presently a venture capitalist. He is most known for being the Chief Growth Officer at Facebook , where he worked from 2007 to 2011. Chamath is responsible for driving user growth for…