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The best of the web on money, markets and all things financial, as chosen daily by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick.
Reality check on the stock markets Economist David Rosenberg offers some reasons why you shouldn't put too much faith in the huge gains the stock markets turned in before pulling back a bit this past week.
What's driven the stock market this year? All the low interest stimulus applied by governments, or improving economic fundamentals?
Whoa, Canada An American take on high gasoline prices in Canada. We pay about $2 more per gallon than they do because of taxes, but at least we have national health care.
The no-debt wedding A young blogger explains how she and her husband planned and organized a wedding without going into debt. As noted here, the average cost of a wedding was more than $23,000 last year.
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