Opinion

Another week of beautiful weather, another week gone. The end of May will soon be on us. Where did the month go? It seems like it just began and now it’s gone. The only down to this weather is it would appear we are in a big drought.

Trailing commissions, loads, transaction fees, administration fees. If your investment account statement looks like your advisor is shopping for a new Porsche, it might be time to revisit the whole issue of how your advisor is compensated.

The complex networks of relationships, groups, organizations, and institutions that make up the deep operating system of our common lives are being taken for granted and yielding a result similar to the neglect of bridges and roads

If you feel an urge to sell a stock because it has been performing well for a few years, lie down till the urge goes away. If you give in to it, you may deprive yourself of even bigger gains in the future.

One of the most common problem areas with tax planning is medical expenses, especially because claims incurred for medical travel and modifying your home to accommodate a disabled person can be quite lucrative.

Trailing commissions, loads, transaction fees, administration fees. If your investment account statement looks like your advisor is shopping for a new Porsche, it might be time to revisit the whole issue of how your advisor is compensated.

Saskatchewan Skies

CALGARY, Alta. — Provincial cries for more federal money are as old as Confederation, and rarely have any substance to them.

WINNIPEG, Man. — -I like Stephen Fletcher. Our brief encounters, typically in airports or the occasional public event, are always friendly and cordial. It is hard not to admire him.

As a rather ancient and retired former grain and livestock producer, I read with interest and some concern that the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board [CPPIB] has purchased 115,000 acres of prairie farmland from Assiniboia Farmland LP.