Quotes of the Day

Using the lowest possible heat for cooking vegetables. High heat-stream is hotter than boiling water-changes the colloidal structure of the nutrients, particularly the proteins but also the minerals, and makes them hard to absorb and assimilate. This method does not "cook the life out of the food." The only nutrients that are damaged are the enzymes, which dies in temperatures above 140° F (60° C). [2013] - Charlotte Gerson

The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves. Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

Many studies have confirmed what your mother told you: We need to sleep about 7.5 to 8.5 hours a night. Getting significantly less sleep than this, or significantly more, will almost inevitably cause problems in the long run. Even a single night of bad sleep has been found to have deleterious effects on our physical and cognitive performance. Sleep is essential to performance in dangerous tasks, such as driving. [2023] - Peter Attia

Companies that successfully minimize their start-up cost and debt before they open for business and start generating revenue quickly have a much better chance of survival. [2004] - Gary Keller

Cap-weighted indexes are the traditional tool of index investors, and they should be your default choice when comparing ETFs. There are several reasons for this. First, they're the most representative of the overall stock market. Second, in almost all cases they're the cheapest (as little as 0.03-0.06%). Finally, cap-weighted index funds-especially those tracking the broad market-typically have the lowest turnover, which means stocks are rarely sold and replaced. This can result in fewer realized capital gains, making these ETFs more tax-efficient if you hold them outside of TFSAs and RRSPs. [2021] - Dan Bortolotti