Quotes of the Day

For a more chic option than a chain coffeehouse, consider meeting in a museum cafe. Don't worry about a museum admission fee, as you can usually enter without payment. Try the coffee shop or lounge of an elegant hotel or meet for coffee and dessert in a upscale restaurant. The setting is likely to be quiet and the service unobtrusive. [2005] - Sharon Romm

Should I take my Canada Pension benefit early or wait until I'm 65? The first rule in layering your income: Use the least tax-efficient and least-flexible sources of income first. The CPP follows right behind OAS in that regard. If you're retired, my recommendation is usually to start it as soon as you can. You should take the CPP payment rather than use your own personal assets to generate income. The cumulative sum of payments for a retiree starting his or her CPP at age 60 equals the total received by someone starting at age 65 at age 73.9. It works the same way here with early versus deferred pension payments. Including the time-value adjustment of those earlier payments would move the crossover closer to age 77. [2019] - Daryl Diamond

Trading under the ticker "SLV" since 2006, the iShares Silver Trust held 141 million ounces of silver as of now. [2008] - Shayne McGuire

Adding humor to advertisements increases sales. [2004] - Allan Pease

The customer is always right. Customers are incredibly selfish. They want the very most for the very least. To please the demanding customer of today and tomorrow, you must develop the habit of continually improving what you sell, the habit of moving quickly on opportunities or problems and of doing things quickly to satisfy your customers, and the habit of flexibility. [2004] - Brian Tracy