NASA’s farthest exploration
Frederic Pelletier is boldly predicting he and his team will get the New Horizons spacecraft exactly where it should be on New Year’s Day — 1.6 billion kilometres beyond Pluto to rendezvous with a space rock known as Ultima Thule. The goal of the NASA mission is to pass by the region known as the […]
Forest industry under attack
Mills in the heart of Canada’s timber industry have fallen quieter this winter as wildfires and infestations made worse by climate change have made vast tracts of once valuable forest into barren stands of dead trees. After seeing record high softwood lumber prices earlier this year, Canada’s forestry industry is facing an uncertain future due […]
‘Tis the season — for personal-injury lawsuits and divorces
The holidays are a time for celebration— but they also spawn litigation. The new year consistently brings batches of new lawsuits fueled by holiday revelry that goes wrong or snaps long-strained marriages, according to attorneys and experts. “Three things are guaranteed: Death, taxes and me bringing a lawsuit based on drinking on New Year’s Eve,” […]
This is how much money is sitting ‘on the sidelines’ waiting to come in to the market
It is as reliable as your alarm clock. Every time the stock market suffers a swoon, slump or downright rout, financial experts appear in the media to reassure investors that a charging knight is about to ride to their rescue. That knight? Billions or even trillions of dollars that are being held “on the sidelines” […]
Saving for Retirement: How Do You Stack Up?
Americans are generally upbeat about their progress toward saving for retirement, as well as their prospects for a comfortable retirement. Most are stashing a respectable chunk of their income in savings and getting financial advice. But health costs both before and after retirement are a concern. Those are some of the conclusions from a new […]
The 11 Most Valuable Personal-Finance Lessons of 2018
Adapt to Tax Law Changes The new tax law changed some traditional financial-planning strategies. Fewer people will be itemizing their income tax deductions now that the standard deduction has almost doubled, which means that they need to use a new strategy to get a tax break for their charitable gifts. See Tax Strategies for Charitable […]