Financial BS Podcast

Financial BS Podcast

By Jason WattBusinessInvesting
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Financial BS Podcast episodes

  • Ep 28 Learning about Learning (Bonds)

    Chael is very patient as Jason explains the problem with the Canada Learning Bond. And something is not BS! 

    Links: 

    • https://www.hifinance.ca/ 
    • https://canadabuys.canada.ca/en/tender-opportunities/tender-notice/cb-563-12576045
    • https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2371931
    • https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5575891
    • https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.858229/publication.html
    • https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4267356
    • https://carleton.ca/politicalmanagement/wp-content/uploads/FINAL_clean-1.pdf 
    • 26 min
    • Ep 24 There's Something About Credit

      Do we care about credit scores? Not as much as we care about misinformation! 

      https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/consumer-alert/article/i-never-thought-they-were-going-to-destroy-my-credit-score-woman-shocked-her-credit-score-dropped-dramatically-over-one-unpaid-bill/

      22 min
    • Ep 22 Pension Confusion Part 1

      Jason tries and fails to explain pensions in 20 minutes or less. 

      https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonalFinanceCanada/comments/1op6m6i/i_dont_understand_how_my_hoopp_pension_works/?share_id=EDJEajnKLXHBhqPJBALFN&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_source=share&utm_term=3 

      19 min
    • Ep 21 How To Win Premiums and Influence People

      Incentives matter. In this episode, we look at how incentives in the insurance industry are badly disconnected from regulatory outcomes. 

      https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/fsra-fines-former-insurance-agent-and-his-corporation-for-coercion-undue-influence/ 

      17 min
    • Ep 20 Dying to Pay Tax

      Is Chael still the financial layperson? Not so sure after this episode. 

      https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/ontario-woman-says-government-took-every-cent-of-parents-savings-11128994 

      https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/consumer-alert/article/daughter-hit-with-660000-tax-bill-when-both-parents-died-in-same-year/

      20 min

    About Financial BS Podcast

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    Jason and Chael discuss various topics in Canadian financial services. In most episodes, Jason sends Chael a recent media item. Jason and Chael unpack the item in question, to decide what is BS and…