Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

  • Stock Market Recap — July 9, 2026

    Stock Market Recap — July 9, 2026

    📊 Alain’s Holdings — July 9, 2026 Symbol Name Price Change Change % VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 690.69 +5.43 +0.79% QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust 723.28 +11.84 +1.66% XIU.TO iShares S&P/TSX 60 ETF 52.42 +0.36 +0.69% Wall Street bounced back Thursday as investors looked past geopolitical tensions and returned to…

  • How to Design an Operational Workflow That Keeps Your Commercial Space Spotless

    How to Design an Operational Workflow That Keeps Your Commercial Space Spotless

    Maintaining cleanliness in a commercial building is not a matter of having the right amount of staff or putting in more elbow grease. It’s about having effective systems in place. Most of the time, the reason a facility isn’t kept clean isn’t that there aren’t enough people cleaning it, it’s…

  • Simple Home Improvements for Better Living and Future Sales

    Simple Home Improvements for Better Living and Future Sales

    Sprucing up your home can feel like a huge job, often bringing to mind dusty construction and hefty price tags. But making your living space better doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing deal. Lots of simple, affordable updates can really improve your daily life and also make your home more…

  • Personal Responsibility: The Best Defense Against Poverty

    Personal Responsibility: The Best Defense Against Poverty

    earn how personal responsibility and smart life choices can reduce the risk of poverty while recognizing the important role of sound public policy.

  • How to Prepare Your Brand for the Age of AI Search

    How to Prepare Your Brand for the Age of AI Search

    The way we find information online is changing faster than it has in two decades. This makes things tough for businesses trying to stand above the rest. We’re used to seeing a list of ten blue links, but now AI-generated summaries are popping up, often giving us direct answers to…

  • Stock Market Recap — July 8, 2026

    Stock Market Recap — July 8, 2026

    📊 Alain’s Holdings — July 8, 2026 Symbol Name Price Change Change % VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 685.26 -1.82 -0.26% QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust 711.44 +2.01 +0.28% XIU.TO iShares S&P/TSX 60 ETF 52.06 -0.50 -0.95% Geopolitical tensions returned to the forefront Wednesday, sending oil prices sharply higher and pushing…