Wow!  Ms. Rona Birenbaum opines that the couple should avoid Home Capital GICs because, Ms. Birenbaum decides, “the problem is that every day, you’re going to look in the paper and see the headlines.  And it’s going to make you feel nauseated.  It’s not worth it.”

The problem clearly isn’t the GICs, but the newspapers, which are beating the Home Capital Group story to death and publishing headlines that scare GIC investors -- irresponsible, fear-mongering journalism.

Better advice to the couple: buy the Home Capital Group GICs and stop reading the scary newspapers...or at least stop reading them until they finish milking the Home Capital Group story for every dollar of profit it's worth to the newspapers.  You won’t feel nauseated and you’ll get a better return on your money and your money is 100% protected by the CDIC.