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Get Started Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of February 6, 2023. Stranger things have happened. Netflix will reportedly start cracking down on password sharing “more broadly” after testing restrictions in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru. The new rules are designed to prevent people that don’t live in one […]
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Get Started Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of January 30, 2023. Bed Bath & Bankrupt? Home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond reported that it had received default notice from its loan agent, JPMorgan Chase. Bed Bath & Beyond reportedly doesn’t have enough funds to pay back the
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Get Started Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of January 23, 2023. Hastings hits the road. Netflix’s founder Reed Hastings announced last week that he will be stepping down as co-CEO of the streaming business. Hastings’ current counterpart Ted Sarandos will stay on, and chief operating officer Greg Peters
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More felt their financial position deteriorated amid another interest rate hike and holiday bills https://financialpost.com/news/economy/canadians-got-more-pessimistic-about-their-finances-in-december-poll #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of January 10, 2023. Turbulence settles. Last week, Southwest Airlines said it expects a loss of all fourth-quarter profits as a result of the holiday winter storm which severely disrupted its services. The airline reportedly canceled 16,700 flights between December 21 and December
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Watch: Personal finance educator Kelley Keehn talks about the impact of inflation on Canadians’ budgets https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/avoid-financial-catastrophe-holiday-shopping-tips #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp
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Canadian Real Estate Association policy comes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023 https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/mortgages-real-estate/crea-mls-buyers-sellers #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp
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Debt growth also outpaced income gains, as households added $56.3 billion of debt in second quarter https://financialpost.com/news/economy/canadian-household-wealth-falls-1-trillion-real-estate-financial-markets-pummelled #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp
Almost one in four say they’ll have to sell if rates climb much higher https://financialpost.com/real-estate/mortgages/canadian-homeowners-feeling-the-pinch-of-rising-rates-manulife-bank-debt-survey #financialfreedom #money #entrepreneur #business #finance #investing #financialliteracy #success #investment #wealth #motivation #financialindependence #passiveincome #personalfinance #realestate #stockmarket #debtfree #entrepreneurship #invest #bitcoin #creditrepair #debtfreecommunity #investor #trading #workfromhome #stocks #credit #financialeducation #bhfyp
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of May 30, 2022. Cloudy with a chance of making it rain. Broadcom is purchasing cloud-computing business VMware for $61 billion, making it the biggest acquisition by a chipmaker. At that figure, Broadcom will pay a 44% premium on VMware’s closing price on
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of May 23, 2022. Missing the Target. Earnings reports from big retailers including Walmart and Target showed that supply-chain issues are cutting into profits.Target reported that its profits fell 52% in the first quarter of 2022, and the company’s share price decreased 25%
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of May 16, 2022. The debt digest. Household debt in the U.S. totaled a record $15.84 trillion in the first quarter of 2022,, according to a household debt report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Although it was the smallest
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of March 7, 2022. SOTU economics. President Biden’s annual State of the Union speech last week focused on key issues facing the U.S. and the world, including: The war in Ukraine. Biden emphasized the importance of democracy against autocracy, while also emphasizing that
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Both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq have temporarily halted trading of Russian-related securities this week. The trading interruption is in response to sanctions of the U.S. and other nations on Russia as a result of the war in Ukraine. Trading halts may occur due to major news, for technical reasons, or
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of February 28, 2022. War in Ukraine. Markets tumbled late last week as Russia invaded Ukraine, and Western and Asian nations enacted economic sanctions against Russia for its unprovoked attack. The sanctions include blocking technology exports, freezing financial assets, and preventing large state-owned
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of February 21, 2022. Remington’s settlement. Nine families of the people killed during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School reached a $73 million settlement with Remington Arms Co., manufacturer of the gun used to kill 20 students and six staff members.
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As we’ve entered 2022 and the pandemic is still upon us, a lot of Minters are asking, “What do I need to know about what’s happening in the economy and stock market, and how does it all affect my finances?” When investing, whether it is in real estate, the stock market, or crypto market, it
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of February 7, 2022. Dirty thirty. The nation’s total debt reached a record $30 trillion in February. Increased federal spending to combat the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic is thought to have contributed to reaching the milestone years earlier than anticipated. The
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of January 17, 2022. Overruled. The Supreme Court overturned a Biden administration mandate for Covid-19 testing and vaccines for workers at large businesses. The court decided last week that the rule represented an overreach by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the
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A savings surge caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is reportedly turning into a slump. Median household checking account balances have fallen since the last stimulus payments that went out in the spring of 2021, according to Moody’s Analytics. Over the last few months, as Covid-19 vaccines have rolled out, people have started returning to work
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