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Stocks and ETFs, crypto, cash, and managed investing, now all in a single, simple place.
We Made It So You Can Be a Venture Capitalist Even if You Don’t Have a Billion Dollars
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Confused About Crypto and Taxes? Wealthsimple Tax Does It for You
We had a hunch that a lot of new crypto traders in Canada didn’t know how to file capital gains tax, so we added a tool to do it for them — and it works for nearly every major crypto app or exchange.
Announcing the Wealthsimple Green Bond: We Made Green Investing Actually Green
Until now, responsible investing has been about avoiding bad actors. The new Wealthsimple Green Bond changes that by supporting projects that are changing the world for the better. And it’s a good investment, too.
Introducing USD Acccounts, a Better Way to Trade U.S. Stocks
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Candid money stories from interesting people
Money Diaries: Pride Edition
For the last five years, our “Money Diaries” series has been all about telling truths. In honour of Pride Month, we share some of the greatest conversations we’ve had with LGBTQ+ icons.
The Snack-Cake Economy: How I Learned Money in Prison
The author picked up some valuable skills while behind bars — like how to make a microwave cake and how to reuse stamps. He also discovered that the most innovative (and brutal) parts of capitalism survive even in a world without paper currency.
“My Finances, in Brief,” an Essay by David Sedaris
The author always had a strange, difficult relationship with his father — in part because of money. We asked him if he’d go there in an essay. And, to our surprise, he really, really went there.
“All My Opportunities Came From Cold Emailing or DMing Someone on Twitter”
Before she was a VC backed by Marc Andreesen and Alexis Ohanian, Brianne Kimmel was an international vagabond, an ad agency hustler, and a Pharrell bootlegger.
Novelist Omar El Akkad on Being the Engine and Being the Fuel
The Giller award-winning writer gives us his money story, from the inequities of Qatar to the inequities of capitalism.
Friends With Money: Steve Aoki
The EDM superstar (and Benihana heir) talks about starting out with zero capital, investing in people, not ideas, and why society ought to do more to embrace failure.
In February, He Was a Ukrainian Corporate Dealmaker. In March, He Became a Resistance Fighter
An executive for mining company Metinvest talks about Ukraine’s economy and conducting business during war.
Simu Liu Doesn’t Own the Raptors. Yet.
The star of Marvel’s Shang Chi on his immigrant experience, buying his friends a Disney experience, and his old job crunching numbers at Deloitte.
How Canada’s Greatest Poker Player Learned He Wasn’t Lucky
Daniel Negreanu (aka Kid Poker) began his life playing snooker, and eventually became the number one poker player in the world. He tells us what he learned about money, work, and confidence.
Roxane Gay on Financial Independence: 'The Most Important Thing a Woman Can Do for Herself'
She's the best-selling author of 'Bad Feminist' and 'Hunger.' And until five years ago she'd never saved a penny. The author on her complicated relationship with money.
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How to be a better money person
How to Make Your Money Make Money
One problem with having so many great places to earn a return on your money? It can be hard to keep them straight — and even harder to choose the right one.
Two Genius Moves to Make With Your Tax Refund
If you’re among the millions of Canadians getting a tax refund this year, you have a choice to make. You can spend that money, which would be fun. Or you can turn it into more money, which would be smart.
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How Safe is a Bank Account?
Or stocks or a GIC, for that matter? In the wake of a banking industry panic attack, here’s a guide to deposit insurance, custodian companies and everything else you need to know to figure out your money security.
Canadians Say They Need $1.7M to Retire. We Calculated How to Get There
But there are some ways to make it easier. (Like starting now: hitting that goal gets a LOT harder the longer you wait to invest.) We did the math.
A Freelancer’s Guide to Saving Like a Corporate Lifer
Self-employment comes with a lot of perks, mostly involving not having a boss. The tradeoff? No savings or retirement benefits. Womp womp. That means freelancers need to create their own savings strategy. Here’s how.
Six Tax Enigmas That Confuse Basically Everyone
OK, OK: they’re not technically enigmas, but these are the things most likely to trip you up when it comes time to file. We make sense of the madness and hopefully spare you some confusion.
The Perfect Guide to Every Annoying Tax Question You Have
Or at least the 13 most common, thorny questions. We assembled our Wealthsimple Tax team to answer everything you were afraid to look up on the internet and we promise the answers are easy to understand.
RRSP vs TFSA: What’s the Better Choice?
In this battle of the tax-sheltered accounts (and who doesn’t love to see a good fight between tax shelters?), we tell you when you should put your money in an RRSP, when you should pick a TFSA, and when you should do both (if you can!).
Five Tax Traps — And How, If You Start Now, You Can Avoid Them
It may seem early to think about taxes. But if you do a few relatively easy things right now, you can (hopefully) avoid a tax nightmare in the future.
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How money shapes the world we live in
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OK, OK: tech stocks aren’t dying. But there’s a case to be made that rising interest rates could end their decade-plus-long dominance, which has everyone wondering: what comes next?
Everyone Knows Canadian Monopolies Are a Problem. Why Can’t We Do Anything About It?
If you thought a regular Monopoly game was long and boring, Canada’s been playing its own version for, oh, 200 years. The host of the Canadaland podcast “Commons” explains how we got here, how limited competition hurts everyone, and what we can do about it.
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A recovery explainer for these please-tell-us-a-recovery-is-coming-soon times.
2022: The Year We Said Farewell to FOMO
In the past twelve months, memestocks exploded, crypto collapsed, and the major stock indices slid. Felix Salmon makes sense of the market craziness and explains how — we actually got kind of lucky?
The Story of the Stock Market, Told by Five Companies
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The news is filled with VERY heavy stuff these days. But, big picture, human existence is actually, and surprisingly, improving in profound ways for millions of people.
What Happens When Russia Turns Off Your Economy?
The UK and EU are racing to avoid an energy fiasco this winter. A researcher explains the cause of the crisis, and what countries are doing to prevent it from growing worse.
The ETH Merge Is Almost Here. Probably Time To Understand It…
Crypto could soon become a lot more energy efficient — and a lot more scalable — thanks to a fundamental change to the Ethereum blockchain. Here’s our best attempt to explain the radical update in real non-jargony English, and how it could change our tech.
The Chipmaker at the Center of the Taiwan-China Standoff, and Global Trade
A huge but relatively obscure Taiwanese company manufacturers semiconductor chips that power iPhones, laptops, and tons of other gadgets — plus fighter jets.