Comments on: What To Do With Your Money When the Canadian Dollar Is Nearing Parity With the US Dollar

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:11:27 +0000

Hi MoneyEnergy – We Americans welcome our Canadian friends to buy as much US assets as possible and save us from ourselves! :)

Don’t bother with Detroit! Focus on San Diego, Miami, Vegas, for the best deals. If you want to buy in the best city in america, come to San Francisco! :)

Hope to see you at FS again.

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:44:26 +0000

@FinancialS – yep – many Canadians are too, esp. in places like Florida. Of course, there’s good value in Detroit too – but who wants to move there (sorry, Detroiters!). *Starbucks* can barely stay afloat in that region. It’s like the Katrina no one speaks about.

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:00:51 +0000

I tell ya fellow Canadians, you guys should seriously look at being rental property in blown up places like Las Vegas, Miami, San Diego. It’s such good value now.

The Chinese are coming to San Francisco and slowly but surely buying all the prime SF real estate. They’ve already bought up Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore!!

By: Paul @ FiscalGeek

Paul @ FiscalGeek — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:41:05 +0000

Yeah very true @Squawkfox, I have REI’s surrounding me and my good friend works at the Flagship store in Seattle and scores me stuff from their “garage sale” and it’s like a gift to me when I get my 10% dividend from them every year.

By: Squawkfox

Squawkfox — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:21:06 +0000

@Paul @Tomas I far prefer Sierra Trading Post over REI for pricing. There are often coupons for 15-25% off online for Sierra, just run a search.

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:20:28 +0000

@Paul – ah….. lucky you – I’d love to go. Well think of it like this – even if it’s at parity, you’re still not paying anything “extra” – so nothing to complain about! Unlike us Canadians who always lose money coming south:)

By: Paul @ FiscalGeek

Paul @ FiscalGeek — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:13:11 +0000

@Tomas – REI is about the best place around for your more Technical gear, very similar to MEC, they carry North Face, Marmot, ArcTerryx, Mountain Hardware, pretty much any of the higher end stuff. Gore-Tex central really.

@MoneyEnergy I know still hoping for a little drop in the Loonie in time for the Olympics. That same buddy who’s coming down is the one we’re staying with for the Olympics, called dibs about 3 years ago so I have to be nice to him :-).

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:53:27 +0000

@Squawkfox – that’s a great idea. I hadn’t thought of taking advantage of it through online shopping, but that makes it even more convenient. Nice job!

@Tomas – thanks! Well, for winter clothing, I’d imagine, stay in the northern states. And you’re in Ontario, correct? You could probably get everything you need in New York State – outlets specializing in skiing, etc. The North Face is a big name for outdoor gear in the U.S. (like Canada’s MEC).

By: tomas

tomas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:46:19 +0000

Wow, the more i browse through your blog, the information is so useful and really simple to understand. Not just for consumers but for businesses too.

In fact, I am planning to go to US next month for shopping too.

Are there any specific spots in USA you guys go for shopping? I am looking for clothing mostly, winter clothing.

By: Squawkfox

Squawkfox — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:06:28 +0000

I just started and finished all of my Christmas shopping online, last night. :D The US sales + online coupon codes + strong CAN dollar make it an awesome time to shop — if you have too. ;)