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Consumer Staples is the industry sector that refers to companies that sell essential products to consumers, things that people consume on a day-to-day basis including foods, beverages, household goods, personal care products, etc. Due to the predictability and resiliency of the sector even during economic downturns, no matter what happens on the macro level, individuals still need to buy groceries and other essentials.

Deciding whether to buy back pensionable service can be complex. When you’ve taken time away from work, such as a parental leave or a sabbatical, you can end up with gaps in your pensionable years. It’s common to wonder if you should put money back into the plan to make up for that time.

The years seem to go by faster every year, and once again, it is hard to believe that we are starting a brand-new year, with 2025 now in the rear-view mirror. While 2025 started a bit bumpy with tariff drama in the first quarter of the year, most Canadians are hopefully content with how the year progressed, at least from an investment perspective. To take stock of what 2026 might hold, we need to take a bit of inventory of where things stand and how the prior year progressed.

Canadians may welcome a new year with a new diet or a just-released book or movie, but for investors, buying into a new company is generally a bad idea.
Of course, those who’d been clever enough to buy even a single share of the world’s largest companies at the time of their initial public offerings (IPOs) would have no regrets. One share of Microsoft, for example, that could have been bought for US$21 when the company launched in March 1986, is worth US$141,697 today, figures from Nasdaq show. A single share of Apple, which went public at US$22 in December 1980, is now worth US$62,353, Amazon’s issue in May 1997 at US$18 is now worth US$55,963, and Nvidia, launched at US$12 in January 1999, is worth US$84,725.

A practical Canadian starter kit: which accounts to open first, simple investing, and the small habits that actually matter.

When it comes to investing, what is the most important thing? Asset allocation? Stock picking? Market timing? The answer is: None of the above. Historically, the best guarantee of good investing returns is simply time in the market. There are two, possibly three reasons for this:

I interviewed 50 smart people around the world for my annual Rich Thinking® research paper to be released on March 8, 2026. My central research question was “What’s your healthiest habit?” I also asked these men and women from diverse professions and cultures “How much do you spend on this habit?”.

Q: I would like to get your opinions on what investors should do given possibly an inevitable market correction. Many portfolios have gone up over 25% this year, which likely is not sustainable. Should we move to bonds? If so, where?

Can a judge set aside a post-nuptial agreement? Short answer: Yes. So, be careful that your post-nuptial agreement does not go too far.