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Resources weigh on Canadian equities

U.S. markets are moving up, but Canadians expect increased volatility.

By Staff |July 31, 2013

2 min read

Industry

Equities better than bonds for rest of 2013

Expect more volatility. Choose equities over bonds. These are two of the conclusions of the BlackRock Investment Institute’s (BII) mid-year investment outlook.

By Staff |July 19, 2013

3 min read

Industry

Great rotation into fixed income coming

Every day, more than a thousand Canadian boomers turn 65. The trend is expected to continue for the next 17 years.

By Vikram Barhat |July 17, 2013

3 min read

Industry

Japanese, U.S. equity funds shine in Q2 2013

Canadian equity funds underperformed in June.

By Staff |July 3, 2013

3 min read

Strong gains for U.S. equity funds in Canada

Solid performance in U.S. stock markets, combined with a surging greenback, produced strong gains for U.S. equity funds sold in Canada during May, says Morningstar. This also reflected positively on other fund categories that have heavy allocations to U.S. stocks. Meanwhile, domestic equity funds were back in the black after producing negative returns in April. […]

By Staff |June 4, 2013

3 min read

Canadians still sitting on cash

Canadian investors are holding 13% of their money in GICs and a full 11% don’t know what they are invested in, shows an Edward Jones poll. Among Canadians who have investments, including those with RRSPs and TFSAs, the majority own mutual funds (41%), followed by stocks (14%), and closely followed by GICs (13%). Read: Leave […]

By Staff |May 8, 2013

2 min read

U.S. jobs report lifts equities

Shaking off the effects of falling Asian and European stock markets, U.S. equities registered gains and even hit new highs. An improvement in investor sentiment caused by positive U.S. payroll data resulted in the S&P 500 trading 0.3% higher by midday Monday to 1,619.44, reports FT.com. However, global stocks on the FTSE All World index […]

By Staff |May 6, 2013

1 min read

Equities

Resources weigh on Canadian equities

Equities better than bonds for rest of 2013

Great rotation into fixed income coming

Japanese, U.S. equity funds shine in Q2 2013

Secrets of quant investing

Lots of promise in high-yield bonds

Strong gains for U.S. equity funds in Canada

Rally in Japan’s markets to continue

Canadians still sitting on cash

U.S. jobs report lifts equities