Reading the newspaper this week was truly an eye opener, or was it? Headlines in the Montreal Gazette shouted “Montreal home prices climb”, while the national trend actually indicated the contrary. There has been a country wide decline in home prices to the tune of 4.1%, yet in Montreal we have witnessed an increase of [...]
Economy
Posted on May 01st, 2009 in Economy
Posted on March 17th, 2009 in Economy
“Know when to hold em, know when to fold em. Know when to walk away, know when to run.” Prophetic words from Kenny Rogers in his tale of the gambler. I am amazed at how many people out there are closing their eyes to the realities around them. We are in tough economic times as [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2009 in Economy
“The times they are a changing” to quote my favorite poet of the 60’s and 70’s Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan. In all my years I have never seen the economy crash and burn as quickly as it has this past year. Companies have been downsizing or closing altogether, thus putting more people on the [...]