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Southern saga

What’s up down south? Over the past year, we’ve witnessed the re-emergence of a presidential candidate who in August 2007, with a campaign in tatters, was counted out. We’ve heard about pigs and lipstick. We’ve met Joe the Plumber. We’ve been witness to unprecedented natural and financial disasters. We’ve seen what for many Canadians have […]

By Terry Ritchie and Brian Wruk |December 12, 2008

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Market Insights

Retirements last longer than the market correction

It might be an obvious statement to some, but it’s one I feel needs to be made: your clients’ retirement will last longer than this market correction — much, much longer. It might be hard to think about this right now, given how much the markets have dropped, but it is important to keep perspective […]

By Peter Drake |December 11, 2008

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Products

Buyer beware

Recent years have introduced a host of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that let investors access asset classes in cheap and novel ways: iShares (Barclays) introduced funds of ETFs, Claymore launched a fundamental index fund, and Horizons BetaPro (Jovian) gained popularity with its leveraged bull and bear funds. Investors have poured billions into ETFs. At the end […]

By Al Kellett and Esko Mickels |December 1, 2008

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Manager of the year

Gerald Coleman, Morningstar Canada’s 2008 Manager of the Year, is in a buying mood. The founder and head of the Harbour team of managers at CI Investments Inc. has a long history of letting cash pile up when he can’t find any investment opportunities to his liking. But increasingly, the price is right for Coleman, […]

By Diana Cawfield |December 1, 2008

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