Lakes and Islands, Times Past

Northern Leeds Lantern (1977), 1 Sep 1991, p. 13

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Rideau Lahchnian ILIESFLAJIY If you visited the Library this summer you may have noticed a new face. The S.E.E.D. Program allowed us to hire Alison Todd, a student, for the summer. Her smiling face, bubbly personality, enthusiasm for work were greatly appreciated by Library staff, as well as the Guthrie House people with whom we shared Alison. Thank-you Alison, for all your hard work: good luck with Journalism at Ryerson. And here's hoping this program exists next year. There seems to be a new vogue on television: dramatized reality, replays of realâ€"life events a la "Unsobved Mysteries". The popularity of such programs indicates there is a market for this ganre. Wallis â€" a Novel by Anne Edwards is a fictionalized biography of Wallis friend of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor whose circle dedicated itself to the serious work of pleasure. For those who are dedicated to the serious work of work, Workaholics: The Respectable Addicts. Subtitled "a family survival guide", this work begins with a Workaholic Quiz on page 1. (No, I am not even remotely one of those, though a family member could have easily answered "yes" to 25 out of 30 questions.) Ms Killinger is a counsellor of workaholics whom, she feels, have "a compulsive drive to gain approval and success through the exercise of control and power". She explains the motivation, describes the "Breakdown Syndromes", and provides "practical steps to a healthier lifestyle at home". (My underlines). You might not be able to get your workaholic to read it, but it may give you comfort and some tips on surviving. SEPTEMBER 1991 NORTH LEEDS LANTERN 13 GETTING A FIX 0N FIXED INCOME COPYRIGHT 1991 by W. Beckman, B.A. My first financial column's subject was mortgageâ€"backed securities (MBS). It is time to review MBS. Also, it is timely to review guaranteed investment certificates (GIC) and to introduce secondary GICs. Since their introduction in early 1987, issued mortgageâ€"backed securities have a volume exceeding five billion dollars. The volume will continue to grow as investors become more familiar with them. MBS are pools of mortgages which are guaranteed under the National Housing Act. This guarantee of payment of interest and of principal makes them attractive to a wide spectrum of investors. MBS are offered in $5,000 multiples. They pay interest and on a monthly opposed to They are Garry principal basis as semiannually. eligible for and RESPS. a Financial Advisor to shop the 61C market for your portfolio needs. A market has developed for GICs that are already issued but have not matured. They are called secondary GICs. Typically, an investment firm's bond department offer an informal 'market' for the purchase of GICS as a service to its clients. As such, a inventory of secondary GICs - 1 to call them â€"-- can be ma y varying these like 'used GICS' available to investors. The secondary GICs be subject to the bid (price offered you want to ask (price when you want to buy) factors of the daily bond market. Used GICs can be purchased in amounts as low as $1,000 will normal when sell) and RRSPs, RRIFs, After Canada Savings Bonds, GICs are, arguably, the Jose Mann Simpson. Ms Edwards has a great deal of experience' with nonâ€"fiction biography -- of GOOD NEWS $32232: the ro als â€"â€" but felt that this mode was the FC)R TfiE in Canada. GICS are I lar because of their only way to present a H NGI RED popu . ‘ . sympathetic View of Mrs. EARI MPAI availability and relative . ' fixed Sim son. (no comment) ' ' ° convenience. For a Thep Incas- subtitled a Ontario MlIllStI'y Of Health term of, typically, one ‘ ' ' to five ears a financial "Meagocal Epoc About a Grant Now Avallable . . .Y . . - institution will offer Lost World', ls another f, d t f .t t and in additional $1,000 of this genre Daniel Paul Dunlop a ii” ‘1. ”1.32:? oultioles- If you Peters has produced a uiji ti iftmxigturesy Shopping for GICs ask big. thick? book (1041 Heann Ald u“ e e . . ‘ your Financial Advisor . One of the cautions Wlth pages of small print) . . tht . t t or Broker what is being that traces the history seerce GICS 15 'a lan inves :Ent offered on the used GIC of the Inca people from DISPENSER FOR VETERAN'S 1“ Z Sgggogo SIC, . a1 menu. You may discover their mythological AFFAIRS - GREEN SHIELD “flee? 5 ’t 93“”: some interesting offerings beginnings to 1572. Mr. BLUE CROSS :2 ;J2::::;;d wio :21: for your needs. .- ' ' n a u ’ Peters knows his subject The Family Medical amount, providing that There you. have it. A "" thoroughly. He has Centre “ th . in financial quick reView of the new included 5 separate _ et't :is: i a member kid on the block, glossaries at the end. 13 William St. W., P.O. Box 1136 1:5 It: 0 C 2 De it mortgagedbacked securities; Not for the faint of heart, Snnths Fauslontul<7A 584 o e ana at. n pos and, the venerable GIC. queasy of stomach, or 283742" Itsurance forporarrt'rical Note that there is an weak Of eye. I :éy eb : "5;;1 is active and growing Tom Clancy has given us queinipn, 1;;5 when one secondary market for NHA another of his é t ?a of the MBS as well as for GICs. technologically heavy mves s 1“ exces? . A brief consultation with . 'guaranteed' limit? . . , thrillers, The Sum 0f your FinanCial AdVisor the issuing institution insurances will be Presumably, financial has additional in place that satisfactory to the investor. A way around this 'dilemma' is to engage All Fears. Popular writer; but I always feel I need an armament manual by my side whenever I tackle one of his books. More in my style is Dorothy L. Sayers and my very favourite detective, Lord Peter Wimsey. The Library has acquiared Triple Wimsey which contains whose Body?, will have you 'upâ€"toâ€"speed' on these popular, fixed income financial products Garry Beckman is a Financial Advisor with Midland Walwyn Capital Inc. iiideihiciusie rAingaertiii , mommaoaa BUILDERS Lord Peter's middle name . Debbie’s Dance Academ ' WHNDPLWK' B [N is Death. an old family offering lessons in COMPLETE ”IL” G namel), and Strong poison. Ballet _ for 5 years and up ELECTRICAL 8 PLUMBING All nice genteel murders SERVICE Jazz â€" for 6 years and up Creative - for 3 1/2 â€" 5 years old now also offering done with implements that have names, not capitalized letters and numbers. FtulJcenccd Ennis James: Fred James ' - ' .P‘H d.Ot.KDGlVO or try Unsolved! 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