You are a 50 year old, who inherits $1.5m. You own a home on which you have a mortgage of $500,000.You have a decent job and a family income of $150,000 annually. How would you invest your money for a time frame of 15 years? Could you retire at age 65? 

2. What are your goals?
4. How diversified would your portfolio be?
6. Debt market: Kind of bonds (government or corporate)/Terms to maturity (short term/long term). Why?
8. Equity market: Sectors you would prefer to invest in and actual companies (blue chip/ venture)
10. How would you rate investment in commodities like natural resources, gold or oil or utility companies?

d. Seeing the recent surge in crypto currency, would you invest in Bit Coins? Do you forecast the surge to continue? Give reasons.

3. Would you pay off your mortgage or continue to pay it and invest elsewhere? Why?

4. Does real estate market interest you? Would you use some of your investment to buy and flip 'pre built' condos/homes or buy homes and rent them out (short term or long term)?

5. Would you prefer to put in the maximum amount in the TFSA and RRSP? Which of the 2 is better suited for your needs?

6. Considering the state of the economies of Canada, the USA and the rest of the world, how much of your investment would be Canadian and how much would be in other countries?

7. Would you invest in actual physical currencies? Why and which ones?

8. Show the projected returns on your portfolio after 15 years.

Evaluation will be based on factual information, opinions and depth of analysis.

Your project involves a thorough understanding of the Canadian Banking structure and regulation and comparing the model to other countries. Answer the following questions as a guide to the project.

1. Compare the working of the Bank of Canada with the Bank of England, Federal Reserve System and the European Central Bank. Which of these is the Bank of Canada most similar to?

2. Compare the Canadian Commercial banking structure with 1 European country & another country from Asia/Africa with regards to size, ownership and functions.

3. Compare any two of the top five Canadian banks with respect to their customer base, size of assets, break up of assets and their international exposure.

4. What is your opinion about Bank of Canada's handling of the inflation since 2022? Where do you see Interest rates going given the current situation?

5. How are Canadian banks regulated? In your opinion, are they over regulated or did regulation keep us relatively insulated from the financial meltdowns?

Evaluation will be based on factual information, opinions and depth of analysis. Project should be 14-15 pages (double spaced), not including title page, bibliography and appendices.