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The Investment Club met on February 8, 2022 to discuss our portfolio as well as whether or not this is the time to buy into the market considering how volatile it has been recently.  It was a good turnout and wonderful to see everyone again.   We certainly have some good discussions at our meetings. TimContinueContinue reading “Investment Club News #11”

The Island of Sea Women written by Lisa See BOOK CLUB CHOICE, February 2022 Reviewed by: Kathyrn Raymond Set on the Korean island of Jeju, The Island of Sea Women follows Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls from very different backgrounds, as they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective. Over many decades—through the JapaneseContinueContinue reading “The Page Turners #12”

By James Rayner The last few installments of this blog have featured Toronto’s fortunate location on the shores of one of the Great Lakes.  Toronto is also blessed with a number of rivers and creeks that have carved valleys throughout the city.  Unfortunately, in many cases, our forebears filled in many of these valleys andContinueContinue reading “February 2022 Walk”

By James Rayner One part of the Toronto waterfront that is often overlooked is the area between Cherry St. and Leslie St., south of Lake Shore Blvd., popularly known as The Port Lands.  This is another area of the lake shore that has been created by land fill over a century and includes such landmarksContinueContinue reading “January 2022 Walk”

Our meeting of January 11, 2022 was very engaging.   We welcomed two new members, Carlo Viola and Don McInnes.    Everyone participated in our discussions which covered many subjects affecting the economy, the markets, and ultimately our portfolios.  Some of our discussions covered inflation and resulting interest rate hikes which impact the market; the drop inContinueContinue reading “Investment Club News #10”

Our Club decided to ring in the New Year at our January 6th Wine Tasting meeting with a cheer and hope for a better year ahead. To mark this celebratory occasion, we chose to sample sparkling wines, whether they be champagne, prosecco, crémant, cava or others. We discovered that champagne and crémants are historically made inContinueContinue reading “Through the Grape Vine #18”

By James Rayner For a change of pace, this month I am going to describe a walk Joan and I took through the city centre in early December to check out the seasonal lights and decorations in the vicinity of the Eaton Centre. Along the way, we met a group of friends we knew fromContinueContinue reading “December 2021 Walk”

On December 2nd, we travelled throughout Eastern Europe on our wine tasting tour.  As a surprise to many of us, Greece is considered to be part of Eastern Europe.   We tasted a wide variety of vintages from Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia and Greece but did not uncover any spectacular finds.  We discovered that there are fewContinueContinue reading “Through the Grape Vine #17”

At the November 4th, 2021 meeting, the Wine Club travelled to New Zealand to sample their vast array of popular wines. Use the link below to:   Discover the Wines of New Zealand Of the nine people on the Zoom call, only two really enjoyed the wines they had chosen for the occasion.   It appears that theContinueContinue reading “Through the Grape Vine #16”

We were very fortunate on November 9th to have Rob Pollard and his team, Dr. Wilson Chen and Mina Huang from Raymond James present to our Investment Club on Tax Effective Ways to Pass Along Wealth.   This topic is obviously of interest to many of our Club members evidenced by the turnout of over 50ContinueContinue reading “Investment Club News # 9”