September 2, 2024 Crossing Wall Street

Last week, an anonymous trader from France made $50 million by betting on a Trump win. How did he have such conviction in the face of most polls saying Kamala would get up? His solution was genius. And there are lessons for any investor in how he did it. Also…what investments are likely to do…

It takes a lot more to retire comfortably these days than it used to. With rent averaging more than $2,000 for a single person and food prices always going up, many Canadians are revising their opinions on what’s an adequate amount of money for retirement. It used to be that financial advisors would say that…

Like most things in life, most arguments in favour of this energy source or that one are grey areas that involve trade-offs somewhere else. Trade-offs exist in costs, CO2 emissions, timelines, technology, safety, and energy security (as Germany discovered last year when its gas line to Russia was cut off). We’re in the midst of…