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17. April 2011 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
26.7% month on month this past March. An ominous sign that the China real estate bubble may be starting to lose a little air. This has interesting ramifications for the Vancouver, BC real estate market where Chinese investors have driven up the value of lower mainland real estate to nosebleed levels. More here.
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17. April 2011 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
Rapidly advancing technologies bring new ways of doing things and here is the latest in currencies. Peer to Peer money transfer services such as BITCOIN bypass banks and money transfer servcies. This is a technology to watch as it has the potential to change current standards and accepted norms. For an interesting look at whats going on go here.
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15. April 2011 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
Did you lose your house to foreclosure this year? Did your lender forgive some of your mortgage debt because the house sold for less than it the mortgage balance?If so, you could be facing a big tax hit. Check out the details here.
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14. April 2011 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
You would think with the Canadian dollar flirting with 104 USD that Canadian goods would be priced cheaper than than those in the USA. Wrong! A recent study shows that Canadians still pay a 20% premium relative to US consumers for the same goods. Read more here.
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13. April 2011 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
Lawmakers looking to bolster the nation’s finances may want to consider withholding U.S. passports from people with unpaid tax bills. Doing so might have netted almost $6 billion in 2008 alone, according to a report made public by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on Monday. More Here.
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31. March 2011 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
The Univeristy of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute recently published a superb interactive “Health Map” of the United States were you can compare your State and even County as to various health measures and rankings.
A great resource for those interested in health issues. Check out your State or County rankings here.
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29. March 2011 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
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18. February 2011 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
Be careful! Swapping similar ETFs for tax loss purposes may trigger the wash sale rule and invite some nasty tax treatment from the IRS and/or the CRA. The rules are not really clear but it may not be worth the risk to find out. See a recent analysis here.
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18. February 2011 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
Heads Up. If you are considering making a donation to a gifting tax shelter in Canada then you can expect a tax audit by the Canada Revenue Agency. See the CRA tax bulletin here.
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18. February 2011 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
In Canada, Banks have a nasty habit of increasing mortgage rates at the drop of a hat but are slow to reduce them when intererst rates fall. Why do they do this? Because of the lack of competion they can! Good recap from the Bank of Canada here. at the Financial Post.
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