Justin F. Paniak, B.Comm - Independent Investment Advisor

03/15/2024

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06/12/2023

Congrats Nick Taylor on making history and joing the 1% club in a different way!

Three-putting is never fun, but it might be more common than you think. This chart shows how likely your chances are of three-putting from every distance.

01/29/2023

A good Sunday read for history buffs. Thank you to all the forestry workers, past and present. You have helped build the world around us.

Nanaimo journalist and historian Jan Peterson lived in Port Alberni from 1972 to 1996, where she worked as a reporter for the Alberni Valley Times.

09/22/2022

Beware the click bait and lagging indicators like CPI; there is light at the end of the inflation tunnel!

Despite the striking short-term rate, a deeper look at the data suggests less reason for concern around longer-term inflation.

07/31/2022

QDM is the perfect tonic for washing down anything Trudeau has to say.

We talk the Canadian Fertilizer Ban, , , , and much more!Get your QDM merch here:https://quickdickmc...

05/26/2022

Etymologically Speaking: Wealth

When we hear the word 'Wealth' or 'Wealthy', what comes to mind? A plethora of properties? A copious amount of cars? A lavish lifestyle?
Somewhere along the way, the definition changed.

The true origin of the word 'wealth ', comes from the Middle English (mid-13c) word, 'wele', meaning "well-being". The original definition is plainly, "happiness".

You may remember hearing about that Princeton study on income and happiness,
"But when asked to assess the happy hours of the previous day –whether people had experienced a lot of enjoyment, laughter, smiling, anger, stress, worry – money mattered only up to about $75,000. After that, money didn't buy more (or less) happiness"
$75k in 2008 equals $100k in 2022*
-https://lnkd.in/g99bkxq6

Then, there was a 75 year(!) Harvard study about happiness,
"The clearest message...Good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period."
-https://lnkd.in/gqCmgfyH

Then, another Harvard study, interesting as it was pre-covid on 100k working adults, and done by HBR outlining the key to happiness,
"it was consistent that those who were willing to give up earning more money in favor of regaining free time experienced “more fulfilling social relationships, more satisfying careers, and more joy,” and overall reported higher rates of general satisfaction" -https://lnkd.in/gkj6UqP5

So after about 700 years, maybe we can go back to the original meaning of what it really means to be Wealthy.

05/20/2022

Who wouldn't want a 🤖 army?

Elon Musk and Tesla have millions of vocal fans on Twitter. Not all of them are real. Two researchers are trying to figure out who controls the bots.

04/25/2022