Lowest fixed and variable mortgage rates in Canada for May 5 2023

Open this photo in gallery: A look at the lowest available mortgage rates on fixed and variable terms and HELOCs this weekMatt Rourke/The Associated Press Insured borrowers still get the best deals The gap between default-insured and uninsured mortgage rates just keeps getting wider, at least for the terms people want most. Take two-year fixed-rate ... Read More

BC Securities Commission bans lawyers over role in fraud

BC’s securities regulator has permanently banned a Vancouver lawyer from the financial markets after he was convicted in a US court for his role in a US$34-million fraud. In 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission accused Faiyaz A. Dean of engaging in a “fraudulent scheme to effect illegal, unregistered sales of and manipulating the ... Read More

Bloomberg unveils finance-focused AI model Bloomberg GPT

SlateStone Wealth chief market strategist Kenny Polcari discusses when the Fed could cut rates and if it’s too early to invest in AI on ‘Varney & Co.’ Bloomberg, a leading financial data services provider, this week unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that aims to revolutionize the finance industry in the same way programs ... Read More

US Life Span Falling Behind Our Peer Countries

March 6, 2023 · 7:29 AM From NPR: The average life expectancy for Americans is shortened by over seven months [in 2021]according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That decrease follows an already big decline of 1.8 years in 2020. As a result, the expected life span of someone born ... Read More

Euthanasia Soon to Be A Leading Cause of Death in Canada?

February 7, 2023 · 7:00 AM From DailyMail: Last year, more than 10,000 people in Canada – surprisingly that’s over three percent of all deaths there – ended their lives via euthanasia, an increase of a third in the previous year. And it’s likely to keep rising: next year, Canada is set to allow people ... Read More