Author Archives: Danielle Park

Plant-based diets improve health, planet and food supply

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that if the U.S. population opted for a plant-based diet, instead of an animal-centric one, it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture by about 28% … Continue reading

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Investment marketing wrappers and the rot within

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), mutual funds or indices are only a marketing wrapper or package around a group of individual securities. Reassuring names aside, their investment prospects can only be as good as the individual constituents within– defined by their … Continue reading

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MacLean’s: How Canadian homes became debt traps

Tale as old as time:  over-spending, under-saving, taking on debt to elevate ‘lifestyle’, tax-payer backed programs designed to enable bad habits, and a finance sector recommending destructive behaviors including the ‘miracle’ of Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELCOs) and ‘borrowing … Continue reading

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