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- 04 Jan 2016 15:55
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Virus and Malware protection
- Replies: 11
- Views: 402
Re: Virus and Malware protection
Semantics. It should not matter to anyone except hardcore technicians whether your operating system is infected by a virus or malware. Any product worth paying for should protect you from both.
- 27 Dec 2015 22:47
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Veganism
- Replies: 133
- Views: 2630
Re: Veganism
Homo sapiens sapiens are smarter than that. There is no biological imperative to live the same lifestyle as our ancestors.Zipper wrote:Homo Sapiens aren't rabbits.
Over millenia they ate rabbits, roots, insects, small game, birds, eggs, fish, nuts, berries,...... whatever they could find.
You're second mistake is a quite common one. Rabbits don't eat many of the plant foods that humans have developed over millennia. Nobody sane is advocating a diet of lettuce and alfalfa pellets for modern humans.
- 26 Dec 2015 08:54
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Veganism
- Replies: 133
- Views: 2630
Re: Veganism
Of course the same logic applies to eating human flesh.kcowan wrote: They should have a good life before the one bad day. ... have no idea whether they are sentient.
- 17 Oct 2015 09:31
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Veganism
- Replies: 133
- Views: 2630
Re: Veganism
Somewhere?SkaSka wrote: What I read somewhere was that:
Anyway, many people with pet animals seem to believe, and have written "somewhere", that animals have emotions and do suffer.
- 03 Aug 2015 13:21
- Forum: Under the Mattress: Protecting Your Money
- Topic: USA versus Canadian $
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1429
Re: USA versus Canadian $
Why would he buy USD for a country which does not use that currency?brucecohen wrote:A friend of mine spends just under 6 months in Mexico to avoid winter. He averages his FX by purchasing 1/6 of his US$ requirement each month while in Canada.
He is a masochist who enjoys paying double the fees and double the exchange spread?
http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/ ... y?s=CADMXN
- 02 Aug 2015 09:40
- Forum: Financial Planning and Building Portfolios
- Topic: Bond ETFs within Portfolio - Short Term or Longer
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1865
Re: Bond ETFs within Portfolio - Short Term or Longer
There is no inflation risk anywhere on the visible horizon. The risk from bonds is not inflation.longinvest wrote:... Did you know that there exist bonds that guarantee that your principal will not be eroded by inflation ...
There is however a widely held assumption that interest rates will be going up over the next few years. The value of any held bonds and bond funds will therefor go down, resulting in a capital loss over those same next few years.
Long term couch potato investors can likely ignore widely held assumptions as well as assumptions less widely held.
- 17 Jul 2015 15:12
- Forum: Property: Owning, Renting, Managing, Investing and Mortgaging
- Topic: Housing Bust 2015
- Replies: 239
- Views: 26368
Re: Housing Bust 2015
Oh ye of little faith ...Flaccidsteele wrote:There are?apater wrote:Seriously, with interest rates at record lows, taking out a business loan is a no-brainer. There are so many un-touched opportunities out there.
and imagination.
- 17 Jul 2015 13:24
- Forum: Property: Owning, Renting, Managing, Investing and Mortgaging
- Topic: Housing Bust 2015
- Replies: 239
- Views: 26368
Re: Housing Bust 2015
Do you know where I can get in contact with these lenders? I have some great business opportunities on the burner.patriot1 wrote:One private lender, who asked not to be named because she is close to the real estate market and fears hurting her business, took out a C$400,000 mortgage on her paid-off home at 2.49 per cent and then gave that money to a broker that lent it to a borrower at a higher rate, for a fee.
Seriously, with interest rates at record lows, taking out a business loan is a no-brainer. There are so many un-touched opportunities out there.
- 13 Jul 2015 19:08
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: Greece
- Replies: 397
- Views: 43180
Re: Greece
schmuck wrote: ...
- 10 Jul 2015 20:37
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Anyone familiar with Zag Bank?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4108
Re: Anyone familiar with Zag Bank?
So if everyone is doing the same thing, I retract the "weird" comment. I'll stick by "quaint" though.CROCKD wrote:Every online account I have ever opened, and I have quite a few, has required the same. So which century are you living in?apater wrote:Weird. They require one to travel back to the last century and write out a physical cheque in order to open an account with them.
How quaint.
- 10 Jul 2015 18:47
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Anyone familiar with Zag Bank?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4108
Re: Anyone familiar with Zag Bank?
Weird. They require one to travel back to the last century and write out a physical cheque in order to open an account with them.
How quaint.
How quaint.
- 01 Jul 2015 09:42
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: Greece
- Replies: 397
- Views: 43180
Re: Greece
When Greece has the GNP per capita of, say, France, the pension issue disappears.fraser wrote:If indeed pensions take up 60 percent of the Greek GNP ...
Due to the depression, Greek GNP is way lower then it should be.
- 28 Jun 2015 20:20
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: Greece
- Replies: 397
- Views: 43180
Re: Greece
The other shoe drops hard.OK, this is real: Greek banks closed, capital controls imposed.
For those vacationing in Greece, bring cash. In small bills.Krugman wrote:... they made Tsipras an offer he can’t accept ...
- 28 Jun 2015 07:26
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: Greece
- Replies: 397
- Views: 43180
Re: Greece
As it happened – Yanis Varoufakis’ intervention during the 27th June 2015 Eurogroup Meeting
How do you expect common people to understand such complex issues?
- 25 Jun 2015 22:13
- Forum: Financial Planning and Building Portfolios
- Topic: Should I add metals to my portfolio
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3969
Re: Should I add metals to my portfolio
No.MMcLaurent wrote:Are precious metals a good investment?
Try bitcoin.MMcLaurent wrote:I have a number of stable investments and i'm looking for something a little more volatile.
- 18 Jun 2015 17:27
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: Greece
- Replies: 397
- Views: 43180
Re: Greece
For whom? Lenders can't be choosers.Wallace wrote: Looking through "twitter" this morning, there seems to be increasing consensus that Greek default is not only inevitable but the least disastrous option.
Bob wrote:When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.
- 16 Jun 2015 08:16
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: LastPass password manager
- Replies: 95
- Views: 6754
Re: LastPass password manager
I have used the KeepassX family of password managers for years on both Linux and Android. I understand there are versions for other those other OS' as well.
- 15 Jun 2015 18:17
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: Greece
- Replies: 397
- Views: 43180
Re: Greece
Defaulting on any debt, public or private, will ruin Greece's credit rating. Private lenders may breathe a sigh of relief to get paid ahead of the Germans but they sure won't lend any new money. I think Wolfgang is living in uptopia if he thinks Greece can get away with shoving its middle finger up ECB/German/IMF butts. There will be forgiveness of debt all around just like it has been in the past for banana republics, but with continued austerity measures. There has to be consequences to discourage a defaultor nation from repeating a similar situation a generation from now. There has to be consequences to discourage lender nations from getting arrogant. Debt is a two-way street. If lenders haven't done due diligence, they get burned. The ...
- 09 Jun 2015 17:14
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: the concept of a “Carbon bubble”
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4768
Re: the concept of a “Carbon bubble”
start putting hundreds, if not thousands, of electrical charging stations in towns and cities within the province. I am guessing that would result in many more electric cars on the streets. I just bought a low-milage well-equiped 5 year old Corolla for $10k, from the local Toyota dealer, tax included. I intend to keep it 10 years (like I did with the previous one), so $1k per year in depreciation max (there should be a small residual value). Fueling up takes a few minutes, there are gas stations everywhere and you're good for at least 400-500 km on the highway. I don't think you get this kind of deal with an electrical vehicle, and you cannot do 500 km without stoping. Test drive of a petrol car Having heard so much good about petrol cars,...
- 28 May 2015 22:15
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: the concept of a “Carbon bubble”
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4768
Re: the concept of a “Carbon bubble”
You mean the message saying:chufinora wrote:All I get is an error message saying sorry.
?Alphaville is completely free. All you have to do is register.
- 28 May 2015 12:21
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: the concept of a “Carbon bubble”
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4768
Re: the concept of a “Carbon bubble”
If the link does not take you to http://ftalphaville.ft.com/ there is something wrong on your end. If you think FT Alphaville is scummyAltaRed wrote:All I get is a scummy blog with that link.
- 28 May 2015 08:36
- Forum: Property: Owning, Renting, Managing, Investing and Mortgaging
- Topic: newcomer entrepreneur mortgaging questions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1934
Re: newcomer entrepreneur mortgaging questions
I don't get the math. Any type of liability including a mortgage is a reduction in net worth. Net worth = Assets - Liabilities.zinneken wrote:renting a personal home is a reduction in net worth for one. Current low interest rates for two. etc.apater wrote:Renting shelter makes more business sense. Why would you insist on doing otherwise?
Low interest rates = high prices. See The Economist house-price index
- 28 May 2015 08:20
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: the concept of a “Carbon bubble”
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4768
the concept of a “Carbon bubble”
From FT Alphaville Stranded assets and climate stimulus
Thoughts?Trillions of dollars worth of financial assets could be grossly mispriced due to the incorrect valuation of fossil fuel assets — many of which probably can’t ever be burned if the world is to limit global warming to 2 degrees.
- 19 May 2015 13:13
- Forum: Property: Owning, Renting, Managing, Investing and Mortgaging
- Topic: newcomer entrepreneur mortgaging questions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1934
Re: newcomer entrepreneur mortgaging questions
Renting shelter makes more business sense. Why would you insist on doing otherwise?
- 12 May 2015 20:28
- Forum: Property: Owning, Renting, Managing, Investing and Mortgaging
- Topic: Housing Bust 2015
- Replies: 239
- Views: 26368
Re: Housing Bust 2015
Just because someone is not white does not mean that they are foreign.Koogie wrote:... he says that he is often outbid on local properties by foreign investment buyers (mostly mid-east and indian origin).