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Dual dividends

Cheryl Crowe has a unique job. As SRI specialist with Assiniboine Credit Union in Winnipeg, Crowe researches the social investment world, provides internal training and develops sales tools for the company’s 49 advisors. “We’re positioning ourselves as experts in this area,” Crowe says. The strategy appears to be paying off. In 2007, Assiniboine added more […]

By Doug Watt |December 12, 2008

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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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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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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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