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Giller Prize-winning novelist Omar El Akkad says he never wants to be the kind of guy who would buy a Maserati. Read his story:

Novelist Omar El Akkad on Being the Engine and Being the Fuel | Wealthsimple The Giller award-winning writer gives us his money story, from the inequities of Qatar to the inequities of capitalism.

Ye olde social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, are scrambling to slow down TikTok. Here’s how they’re fighting for eyeballs, and survival.

In the War Against TikTok, Zuck Has Algorithm Envy The Chinese-owned video platform is growing fast and gobbling up tens of billions of dollars of ad revenue each year. Legacy social-media brands, in turn, are fighting for eyeballs, and survival.

It’s actually happening — probably. The Merge, the Ethereum network’s much-delayed, emissions-cutting overhaul, began recently. Here’s why everyone in crypto is talking about it.

The ETH Merge Is Almost Here. Probably Time To Understand It… Crypto could soon become a lot more energy efficient — and a lot more scalable — thanks to a fundamental change to the Ethereum blockchain. Here’s our best attempt to explain the radical update in real non-jargony English, and how it could change our tech.

Warning: you might have too much cash.

Stashing a bunch of money in a bank account when the market is volatile sounds ... safe. Here’s why it’s not, and what you can do with that $$$ instead…

Canadians Are Keeping Their Money in Cash. It’s Risky. There’s more cash on the sidelines in Canada than any time in recent memory. Here’s how to know when, and how, to get back into the market.

Although Pride Month has come and gone, the financial problems facing the 2SLGBTQIA+ community have not. We spoke with two experts about the wage gap faced by the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and what it all means.

We Know About the Gender Pay Gap and the Race Pay Gap. But There’s a 2SLGBTQIA+ Pay Gap, Too. Two experts talked to us about the influence sexuality has on income — and what can be done to fix it.

Chef (and newly discovered TV star!) Matty Matheson used to be an addict with $37k of debt. He told us his money story.

The Path to Financial Freedom Is a Heart Attack: The Matty Matheson Story | Wealthsimple He was 31 years old, an addict, and completely broke. How the chef and host of Viceland’s ‘Deadset on Life,’ got his act together and became a Toronto restaurant legend.

It’s classic investment advice: you want to diversify with stocks and bonds. Recently, though, they’ve both been down — and down big. Why is that? And what happens next?

Bonds Are Supposed to Limit Losses When Stocks Are Down. What Happened? When stocks fall, bonds typically go up. But for the first time in a (very) long time, that hasn’t been the case.

A bachelor or bachelorette party in Montreal followed by a destination wedding in Fiji may be your dream, but it’s some guests’ financial nightmare. Here’s how to balance both.

Ask Lizzie: Help! I’m Planning a Wedding and I Don’t Want to Bankrupt My Friends! Our columnist helps the happy-couple-to-be think through how to pull off their special day without bankrupting their special friends.

Commodities are, well, 🔥hot commodities🔥. Here’s what you need to know about how they work, why people are investing in them, and how often those investors end up with thousand-bushel piles of barley in their driveways.

Why Does Everyone Care About Commodities All of a Sudden? The first half of 2022 was tough on most markets. But one type of investment has been having a strong run: commodities. Why is that, exactly? Also, what is that? And can someone who’s not ready to store 50,000 pounds of cattle get involved?