It’s one thing for Warren Buffett to say, as he famously did, that the key to good investing is to “be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful”; It’s another thing to have the guts to do it. But if there was ever a time when markets smelled like fear, with…
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Business & Finance
The real reason people fail to save enough for retirement — and what you can do to limit the damage
Perhaps as important as how much you need to save to retire is an understanding of the things that prevent people from saving enough in the first place — despite their best intentions.Illustration by Chloe Cushman/National Post files While there are conflicting opinions on whether Canadians are saving enough for retirement, there is no doubt…
Funds
Canadian meat giant Maple Leaf debuts its new plant-based burger
Maple Leaf Foods has high expectations for its new plant-based burger.Robyn Beck/AFP Watch out, Impossible. Beware, Beyond. A new competitor is entering the plant-based burger market. Lightlife Foods, the brand behind Gimme Lean meatless “beef,” Tofu Pups hot dogs, Organic Fakin’ Bacon Tempeh Strips and other vegetarian staples, is joining the looks-like, cooks-like, smells-like, tastes-like-the-real-thing veggie burger fray. The…
Bonds
Winter of our discontent: Investors might soon find out who is downturn ready and who isn’t
The story of the grasshopper and the ant, which has its origins in La Cigale et la Fourmi by Jean de la Fontaine, tells of the preparations an ant makes during the pleasant weather of summer while the grasshopper merrily sings, only to find herself destitute during the depths of winter. During this past decade…
Commodities
Five things you should know before starting your work day on Dec. 4
Workers trim marijuana on conveyor belt before being packaged at Aphria in Leamington, Ont.Dax Melmer / Postmedia News Good morning! We have a couple of oil stories for you: The Alberta premier cut output here at home, and a country cut itself out of OPEC. There’s tension in the cannabis arena, with Aphria being called…
Currencies
Cisco’s Network Intuitive effort to bring intelligence, machine learning to networking
A Cisco Systems logo appears on the outside of a network data switch in New YorkDaniel Acker/Bloomberg News Simple isn’t a word that one often hears in the same sentence as the name Cisco. The IT giant is better known for the complexity of its offerings, as anyone who has tried to wade through the…