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I have to go to Brampton for a wedding next month. How do I make sure my car doesn't get broken into or stolen? I drive a Tesla with sentry mode. But still, I think I need to prepare ahead of time.

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The easy access to cheap human labour has held back the trajectory of US innovation and investment into automation over the last many decades. Consumers benefited from this in the short term, but it has been costly in terms of opportunity costs over the long run. Business…

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econoBlogger @theEconBlog

a day ago

The 20's have been the wildest decade since WW2, and we are only a bit over half way through.

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a day ago

Canada's unemployment rises to 7.1% in August. Highest level in a decade outside of the lockdowns.

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a day ago

The bureaucratic process, which is supposedly justified by setting a higher standard for building things hasn't really resulted in better quality of the stuff being built, it just results in more bureaucracy.

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econoBlogger @theEconBlog

2 days ago

Hot take. I like $TSLA, but Tesla shouldn't be on the MAG7, at least not yet. It should be the MAG6 or it should be $BRK.A instead.

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econoBlogger @theEconBlog

2 days ago

US oil production at a new high, yet Canada's gas prices have been trending up in the last few months.

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2 days ago

US oil production at a new high, yet Canada's gas prices have been trending up in the last few months. https://t.co/XAPxhxIxDf

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econoBlogger @theEconBlog

2 days ago

If you're Canadian, you should have some exposure of your portfolio in the big banks. As much as the US markets are better, it's a good idea to have investments in the currency you spend. And outside of the US market ETFs, the banks are the way to go.

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a week ago

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econoBlogger @theEconBlog

2 days ago

What if we built an AI robot that only needed to run on water and other organic matter, has its own self disposal system and sensors for when it needed more energy and when it was in danger, has a self life of about 80 years and the ability to self replicate just by pairing up.

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econoBlogger @theEconBlog

2 days ago

I swear there are people who can't discern that using a credit card is not free money.

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econoBlogger @theEconBlog

3 days ago

Ten years ago, everyone was saying, build home equity and then use it to buy another house to do the same thing again. Instead, I cashed out my home equity to buy stocks. Let's see where we are at in another decade.

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econoBlogger @theEconBlog

3 days ago

China's military parade is reported to have cost around $5b. 2% of the annual military budget. The US military parade costed around $30m. 0.003% of the annual military budget.

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econoBlogger @theEconBlog

3 days ago

I'm broke because I spent all my money on the S&P500.

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3 days ago

I'm broke because I spent all my money on the S&P500.

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econoBlogger @theEconBlog

3 days ago

When US does a military parade: American Left: "Fascist! Authoritarian! Waste of money! Trump is just like China! We are so ashamed of our country" When China does a military parade: American Left: "Why can't Trump parade like China?" Chinese: "We are so proud of our country"

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econoBlogger @theEconBlog

3 days ago

Not using margin, which has a higher interest rate than the mortgage rate, already makes up for most of the interest cost from taking on a higher debt load. Being honest with myself, I'll probably be tempted to use margin again at some point in the future.