Are you on the Tesla bandwagon? Sure, their cars are cool, but how do they actually make money and why has Tesla stock gone nuts over the past couple years? Full disclosure, we bought a Tesla Model Y this year. There are many things that set Tesla apart as a Continue Reading
What causes a market crash?
A market crash is technically a 20% drop in the market. This happens when more investors are selling their investments rather than buying. Prices plummet, and when it happens fast enough, it triggers panic selling in other investors, starting a chain reaction downward. Over the last 3 weeks, as of Continue Reading
NIO Stock Analysis
NIO Inc. is one of China’s most popular entrants into the electric vehicle (EV) game. Even though it’s not the biggest Chinese EV maker, NIO stock was one of the most popular stocks in 2021. On April 1st they announced delivery of 25,768 electric vehicles in the first quarter of Continue Reading
How should I invest my home equity?
You’re sitting on more home equity than you know what to do with. At first you thought it would be nice to move into a bigger house, but then you realized that house prices are wild and you’d rather not pay those prices. Then you heard a friend mention that Continue Reading
What is Roblox? – Stock Analysis
When we all had to quarantine and lockdown, concerts, like everything else, went digital. For our kids, all they had to do was log onto their games and find their favourite musicians performing in the game world. Roblox was one of those games. This was completely natural to them. They spend Continue Reading
How to buy calls: A mini guide for real estate investors
When you buy calls, you can control stocks for less than their current price, but still give you the full appreciation. Imagine gaining 20% appreciation, but only paying 50% – 70% of the full price… How? It’s kinda like being the tenant buyer in a rent-to-own deal. The lease option Continue Reading
How Interest Rates Impact the Market
The Bank of Canada has another interest rate announcement coming up on April 13th. In their last announcement on March 2nd, they raised interest rates by 0.25%. We expected this. Will they announce another rate hike this time? It’s impossible to predict. But why are they raising interest rates and Continue Reading
How to reach $1,000,000 in Registered Accounts
How long would it take to turn $80,000 into $1,000,000 in registered accounts with stocks, options or private mortgages? Why $80,000? Right now (as of April 2022) the most you can have in a TFSA is $81,500. Now, if you’ve been regularly maxing out your RRSP, you could have a Continue Reading