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Posthaste: Why variable-rate mortgage could be the best bet if Trump's tariffs 'torpedo the economy'

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Bank of Canada has cut its interest rate from 5 per cent to 3 per cent.

About 1.2 million mortgages will renew this year , most of them at a higher rate.

Almost 30 per cent of those homeowners said they would choose a variable rate on renewal, up from 24 per cent now on a floating rate.

Peter Hodson : Don't panic about your investments during Trump ’s tariff talk.

Hodson says stocks have survived dozens of trade wars in the past.

Mortgage strategist Robert McLister on mortgages: Mortgage strategist can help navigate the complex sector.

Five reasons why Canada would not be better off as the 51st state.

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