Analysis: The owners of Greater Vancouver homes with a median value of $3.7 million pay income taxes of just $15,800 – which is exceedingly low for North American cities
The three founding members of Wealthsimple Brett Huneycutt, a Rhodes Scholar and McKinsey alum, and Rudy Adler, a guy with great design sensibilities regardless of user interface or facial hair, are two of Wealthsimple‘s other co-founders, despite Michael Katchen receiving the majority
Who is backing the media darling Wealthsimple with their financial resources? What about power and connections? Wrong! Companies don’t make decisions, humans make decisions. Paul Desmarais III is the primary impetus behind all of Power’s efforts to advance financial technology. More about
Tye Bousada taken over Mike Katchen Tye Bousada is in his forties, but he founded three separate billion-dollar investment firms before turning 38. (the official cutoff for whiz kids, as decreed by the Ryerson School of Journalism). Tye, like Katchen, attended the
Fred H. Mannix- A wealthy heir joins Accelerate in a business development role. On Friday, Accelerate Financial Technologies, also known as Accelerate Shares, which has its headquarters in Calgary, made the announcement that Fred H. Mannix has been appointed to the position
Greg Boland- Is his intelligence enough to make one feel warm and comfortable? We readily acknowledge Greg Boland’s intelligence. However, nobody is infallible. Every manager experiences periods of difficulty. In such a circumstance, would his intelligence be sufficient to keep you feeling
Tom Stanley rising from the grave Tom Stanley, but from now on, I’ll refer to him as Tom Lazarus Stanley. In case you don’t know, Lazarus is a person from the Bible who Jesus brought back to life. Even though Jesus is
Eric Sprott and Tom Stanley have suffered a devastating setback. Eleanor Roosevelt once made the observation that those with the most developed minds discussed ideas, those with average minds discussed events, and those with the least developed minds discussed people. In particular,
Who is Francois Rochon of Giverny Capital? It is a journalistic cliché to refer to a successful investor as the “Warren Buffett” of X. Often, the people described bear little resemblance to Buffett’s approach. Many executives wrap themselves in Buffett’s cloak. However,
Wealthsimple- Learning strategies from Kevin O’Leary Let me state right away that Kevin O’Leary is anathema to the topic I am most passionate about: investing excellence. On the other hand, I admire many aspects of Wealthsimple and what Mike Katchen has achieved.
Jeff Banfield is best known for his work as an arbitrageur Jeff Banfield founded Banfield Capital Management in 1997 after working as a prop trader for several banks for many years. Banfield was allegedly involved in some insider trading shenanigans in February