CIBC Petro Pts Mastercard Analysis

CIBC Petro Mastercard

Below contains a detailed cost/benefit analysis of the CIBC Points Mastercard. What are the rewards? 1. Get an initial bonus of 15,000 Petro Pts on your first purchase 2. Save 2 cents per litre when you fuel at Petro-Can 3. 10 Petro Points per dollar spent everywhere but Petro-Can 4. 50% more points when purchasing groceries, drug stores, and Petro-Can ...

What if you participated in the 1980’s stock market bull run?

S&P500 1980s Bull Market

Here is a fun financial fantasy. Picture this: Right after graduating from college at age 22, you manage to land a decent job paying $50,000 (in today's dollars). You are a frugal person and tuck away $10,000 of that each year to invest. As well, since you were lucky to have caring parents, they support your ...

Who benefits from TFSA the most?

TFSA Logo

Globe and Mail had an article awhile ago saying that the rich benefit more from TFSA than the poor. From the article, Who Really Benefits from TFSA: Let’s be clear. This measure will make the rich and powerful more rich and powerful. The rest of us will be left begging for funding for basic services. ... The TFSA should ...

Free Movie Offers

Free Movie Offer Cereal

Winter 2014: Here are some great promotions from February to April if you want to go watch movies: Select cereals as grocery stores are offering: February BOGO General Admission (stackable) March BOGO General Admission (stackable) April Free Movie Admission May BOGO General Admission (stackable) Those cereal retail for around $4 to $5.5 so you are getting a cereal and movie at ...

Brokerages in Canada for High Networth Clients

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Most of the Big 5 Canadian banks offer special accounts for high networth individuals. All of the accounts have similar and really marginal benefits and is just for bragging rights really. However, I've taken all of their benefits and compared it side by side. *Note that not all fees are reflected in the tables below. They ...