Alain Guillot
Life, Leadership, and Money Matters
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Building Financial Resilience: Modern Strategies for Comprehensive Retirement Planning
The idea of retirement has changed. It’s no longer just a finish line, but a dynamic, personal stage of life. For earlier generations, planning often meant a pension and a specific savings goal. Today, building financial resilience for your later years needs a more sophisticated approach. This is because people…
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Second Home: Why Own a Place You Barely Use?
in Real EstateA second home rarely makes financial sense compared with hotels or Airbnb. So why do we want one? Discover the psychology behind ownership.
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Stock Market Recap — August 31, 2026
in Stock Market📊 Alain’s Holdings — August 31, 2026 Symbol Name Price Change Change % VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 704.89 -2.35 -0.33% QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust 716.76 +0.33 +0.05% XIU.TO iShares S&P/TSX 60 ETF 53.65 -0.40 -0.74% Wall Street ended August on a negative note Monday as renewed fighting between the…
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Wealth Gap: Why I Don’t Care How Rich Elon Musk Is
in OpinionThe wealth gap matters less than opportunity and prosperity. Discover why making the rich poorer won’t necessarily make society better.
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The British East India Company: Trade Turned Empire
Discover how the British East India Company evolved from a trading venture into the machinery of empire.
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Canadian Boycott of U.S. Products Is Mostly Symbolic
in OpinionA Canadian boycott of U.S. products may feel patriotic, but Canada needs trade diversification instead. Discover what would really make us stronger.