Articles by Jay Yi

As income investors in Canada and the U.S. continue to face the challenge of a low interest rate environment, the equity market dividends continue to lure investment dollars. [more]

Last week, NASA posted then quickly retracted a paper written by Google’s researchers outlining a claim that the tech company built the first quantum computer while citing the term “quantum supremacy”, which means the computing power has reached a point capable of carrying out calculations previously impossible or more specifically, too time exhaustive, to carry out. [more]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Safe Banking Act. The legislation now moves to the Republican-controlled Senate for a vote. The legislation would protect federally-regulated banks from prosecution for doing business with cannabis companies in states where cannabis is legal. [more]

Country after country are criticizing the e-cigarette regarding health concerns and increasing prevalence of vaping activities in minors. [more]

Apple currently has goals to work with vendors to reuse, recycle, and compost 100% of the waste that is created from corporate facilities, retail stores, and data centers. [more]

On September 17, 2019, Shopify announced expansion of its cannabis e-commerce platform to allow U.S. retailers to operate online sales of hemp and hemp-derived cannabinoid (“CBD”) products. [more]

Intuit can be a core portfolio investments as it focuses on “sticky” software solutions, such as accounting, that are used every day, and are leveraging innovative technologies to disrupt processes most likely to be around for the near term. [more]

BlackRock announced the acquisition of Dream Global Real Estate Investment Trust, a Canadian Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) focused on European property, primarily in Germany and the Netherlands [more]