Why You Should Be Grateful For The Market Freakout

Why You Should Be Grateful For The Market Freakout

Source: Rob Carrick, The Globe and Mail Published February 5, 2018 The stock market had a long overdue freakout Monday. Be grateful. As an investor, protracted stretches of prosperity should make you nervous. We’ve seen that in the globally dominant U.S. stock...
Laura’s Back To School Journey

Laura’s Back To School Journey

I very hesitantly agreed to enrol in the Dale Carnegie Human Relations course this past September. I was very reluctant because I’m older and looking forward to my future retirement instead of going back to school. It was every Wednesday night, from 6 pm to 9:30 pm,...
The Winds of Change

The Winds of Change

Have you noticed how windy it’s been this summer? With the change in temperature and it being either very wet or being very dry, it sure makes you wonder if the weather has changed. I should first tell you that I have been a weather freak since I was a kid. I always...
Getting to Know Laura: The Movie Buff

Getting to Know Laura: The Movie Buff

I LOVE movies, always have. Growing up, we always watched movies on TV. I remember Rita Bell in the morning, Bill Kennedy in the afternoons, the After School movies. My favourite was Sunday mornings when I got home from church – Shirley Temple or Andy Hardy movies –...
Critical Illness for Critical Times

Critical Illness for Critical Times

Maybe it’s my personal experience, maybe it’s the stories that I have heard from others; the one thing I know is that life changes in the face of a life changing moment. Imagine hearing the words that everyone dreads – “you have cancer”. Believe me when I say that I...