Financial BS Podcast

Jason and Chael discuss various topics in Canadian financial services. In most episodes, Jason sends Chael a recent media item. Jason and Chael unpack the item in question, to decide what is BS and what is valid.

Episodes

Apr 2, 2026

17 min

Jason continues to pick on active management and dividend investing and Chael demonstrates why he failed Aeronautics Engineering 232. 
https://www.manulifeim.com/retail/ca/en/investments/etf/manulife-smart-international-dividend-etf-u-idiv.b 

Apr 2, 2026

17 min

Mar 27, 2026

19 min

Jason gets to pick on one of his favourite pieces of financial BS, and saves Chael the trouble of hawking ice cream. 
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/fc61fb9e3ac95b7c9416a9fde8526e13dff1d8a856a603842cd938e68ad19374/DX54VHO5IBCCXEMDZ44ZGCU6YI/ 

Mar 27, 2026

19 min

Mar 19, 2026

21 min

Jason is unreasonably angry about bus stop advertising. Chael wishes he could have his old podcast co-host back. 

Mar 19, 2026

21 min

Mar 13, 2026

18 min

Jason takes issue with holding out. Chael endorses 15-minute cities. 
https://www.abcouncil.ab.ca/councils-directories/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishal-zaveri-156b04325/
https://therealhowmoneyworks.ca/ca/zaverivishal
https://www.abcouncil.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Life-Insurance-Council.pdf

Mar 13, 2026

18 min

Mar 6, 2026

15 min

Jason somehow thinks people will be better off for understanding Additional Deposit Options. Chael is mystified by insurance marketing. 
https://advisor.equitable.ca/advisor/getattachment/60fea57e-a7cf-44c1-b9e3-b029a7463e7f/EDO-QA.pdf 

Mar 6, 2026

15 min

Feb 27, 2026

17 min

Jason accidentally gives a lesson in life insurance, and Chael (horror of horrors!) is uninsured. 
https://equitable.ca/products/insurance/whole-life 

Feb 27, 2026

17 min

Feb 20, 2026

24 min

Jason explains the various aspects of insurance commissions and Chael learns why the Calgary airport is a popular spot for some BC insurance agents.
https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/sun-life-introduces-more-level-whole-life-policy-compensation/
https://suncentral.sunlife.ca/en/news/we-re-maintaining-2026-2027-sun-life-dividend-scale-and-announcing-the-close-of-sun-par-accelerator/
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-wealthy-barber_the-commission-conflict-in-insurance-sales-activity-7425546344246747136-zCVY?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAFBOskBvYA6UygOxfSLkqBMuP4vGXokuco

Feb 20, 2026

24 min

Feb 13, 2026

17 min

Chael is mystified by the inability to prosecute criminals for crimes. 
https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/fsra-revokes-licence-of-insurance-agent-for-allegedly-misappropriating-700k-from-church-members/ 

Feb 13, 2026

17 min

Feb 6, 2026

18 min

Chael is having a pretty good day. Jason calls out a regulator for overreach. Is Jason a hypocrite? You decide. 
https://decisions.abcouncil.ab.ca/abic/icaba/en/item/520991/index.do 

Feb 6, 2026

18 min

Jan 30, 2026

22 min

Jason finds the silver lining on a steaming pile of crap. But it's still a steaming pile of crap. 
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/trillions-more-dollars-are-available-for-private-market-investments--a-technology-firm-said-84945.html
https://www.goodinvesting.com/podcast 

Jan 30, 2026

22 min

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