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Tighter money means financial volatility and economic uncertainty, writes The Economist

Despite our best intentions, sometimes we end up saying yes to everything and leaving very little to no time for ourselves. One simple word will set you free. Repeat after me: No.

“Buy the dips” means purchasing an asset after it has dropped in price. The belief here is that the new lower price represents a bargain as the “dip” is only a short-term blip and the asset, with time, is likely to bounce back and increase in value.

Stock market dips are like your kids: Each one is different in its own wonderful (and, yes, sometimes infuriating) way. This week’s short-lived market slide was a case in point.

Now that omicron is everywhere, capacity restrictions and business closures are once again in effect in Ontario and Quebec, Canada’s two most populous provinces. The Bank of Canada now needs to weigh these new risks facing the economy before deciding on the timing of its next rate hike.

Capital Economics says COVID-19 is just one of five potential unknowns that could disrupt forecasts this year.

Three fundamental forces mean the global housing boom could endure for some time yet

You and I aren’t just dollars and cents—in fact, the field of behavioral economics has demonstrated we’re driven more by emotion than equation.

In her fifteen years, Maci the lab has learned some things about people that she’d like to share while she still can; her unique perspective, if you will, on what we humans get right and wrong in the way we approach life.