A new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll shows that 44% of Americans don’t believe that Congress should raise the debt ceiling — a troubling sign that suggests a large chunk of Americans don’t understand the consequences that would come from that decision.
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TORONTO – Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters once said, “get a good job with more pay, you’re doing OK.”
Financial advisors and educators in Canada think Waters couldn’t be more wrong.
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When I was studying to become an investment advisor (aka stockbroker), I was always trying to learn as much as possible from others who had gone through the road of business and see what tips I could learn from them. In the mid 1990’s, the amount of information available to investors was quite small compared to today. In fact, I would argue there is too much information available today!
One option which is available now is through the use of watching expert investors and business owners assist their analysis through the media. Three of my favorite TV shows which I try to watch are Shark Tank, Dragon’s Den and Bar Rescue on Spike TV. My particular favorite is Bar Rescue because this takes me completely out of my business comfort zone into an area I know that I could never succeed in a big way. These shows teach me that it is OK not to be perfect and skilled at everything I do. Just find your own niche and stick with it. By watching others improve their businesses, this is how I use these shows as inspiration in my business of promoting Alberta real estate worldwide!
Halloween may be over for another year, but a study released this week by the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy should have the same effect as walking into a haunted house for the first time.
That study, about energy literacy in Canada- or more accurately, the lack of energy literacy in this country – should make everyone in the energy sector very afraid.
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