Personal Finance Canada

It’s time to talk about investments, no matter how diverse they may be. Whether it’s in stocks, cryptocurrencies, ventures, but also Pyramid schemes, Ponzi schemes, multi-level marketing, and slot machines (cc @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ), let’s discuss them! Ask questions, discuss the markets, or compare your portfolios.

We chat about real estate, mortgages, and everything related.

I've seen a lot of people mentioning EQ bank to have the emergency save since it offers 2.5% interest.

Just recently knew about wealthsimple with 4% https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/spend

So I'm wondering if you guys know any drawback on saving in wealthsimple instead of EQ.

I feel for this guy, but something isn't adding up.

• he has lived in this house for 3 decades
• his mortgage is still so high, that the recent interest rate hikes have taken his mortgage payments from $1K to $2.6K

It’s Monday, the start of a new week.

Ask your embarrassing, silly, or worrisome questions. Come learn and discover without judgment.

Finance is a combination of luck, good/bad decisions, and a little bit of chance!

Let’s talk about your ups and downs! What successes did you have this week? Who messed up?

Come talk about your job, your salary, and everything related to it.

I'm probably preaching against the choir here, but I've become quite disillusioned with the stock market. It seems to no longer have any correlation to reality (assuming it ever did). Other than real estate, what are other good avenues to explore?