Canadian Personal Finance Blog

Friday has come again, and it has been an interesting week:

• BCE stock price continues to lower slightly and is around $35 right now, even though the sale to the teacher’s union (et al) has effectively been ok’ed. The rumors now are that the union may not be solvent enough to pull off this kind of a deal, and it may all go down the porcelain deal disposal.
• Banks and financial stock seem to be recovering for now, TD Canada Trust recovering from a near $60 price per share last Friday and now is up to around $64 per share. Does this mean banks are safe to invest in? I always thought so, but that is just my opinion too.
• Many hilarious April Fools jokes this week from various sites, and I fell for a few of them I must admit.
• I complained about the Hidden Prices of Education again. Am I expecting changes? Not really, but it feels better to complain.
• Our friends in the Pay Day Loans business are under even closer scrutiny from the Ontario government, with new regulations being proposed capping their fee structures and forcing them to show their customers where the fees are being charged. Way to go Dalton, guess even an ugly dog has the sun shine on his butt every day or two.
• Unemployment in Canada jumped 0.2% last month to move back to 6.0% year in Canada. Employment is up as well, which means there are more of us working too, which always confuses the heck out of me.
  

Enjoy your weekend, hopefully the snow is melting where you are (but not too fast).

Construction This Weekend

I will be doing a little work on the site this weekend, so if I disappear for a short period of time, don’t give up hope, I shall return with my odd view on Finances.