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Shorting leveraged ETFs

Advisors will probably want to put this idea under the “don’t try this at home” category. But there’s a movement afoot to use shorting strategies on leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs) to take advantage of the tracking drift in these products during volatile market cycles, if they’re held for a longer-than-average period of time. Leveraged […]

By Mark Noble |May 25, 2009

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The stock market adage “sell in May, go away” philosophy has no legs, says Avery Shenfeld, chief economist with CIBC World Markets. This mantra is based on the premise that stocks have a stronger return period from November to April. Subsequently, stocks should be sold off at the start of May when they are still […]

By Staff |May 22, 2009

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Lovett-Reid wins top CFP award

Well-known personal finance commentator and BNN talk show host, Patricia Lovett-Reid is the 2009 recipient of the Donald J. Johnston Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession of Financial Planning in Canada (DJJ Award). This is the most prestigious award offered by the standards body that administers the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation. Lovett-Reid, a […]

By Mark Noble |May 22, 2009

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Feds offer guarantee on insurer debt

The federal government has rolled out a new program to provide insurance on the wholesale term borrowing of federally regulated life insurance companies. The Canadian Life Insurers Assurance Facility (CLIAF) is meant to ensure that Canadian life insurers have access to debt markets on competitive terms. “As part of the government’s extraordinary financing framework announced […]

By Staff |May 22, 2009

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Sixty-three percent of executives plan to work longer than they had initially planned, according to a global survey by Korn/Ferry Institute. Only 25% of respondents had not changed their retirement expectations in the face of the recession. The survey found that a majority of executives (52%) plan to retire at age 64 or older, an […]

By Staff |May 21, 2009

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Managing manager risk

The recent controversy over mutual fund fees has put the cost of advice under the microscope, while the cost of investment management itself has been taken as a given. These costs are higher for multi-manager solutions for one simple reason: appropriate investment selection is an ongoing process, not a one-time event. Costs aside, clients will […]

By Mark Noble |May 21, 2009

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New credit card rules: What clients should know

The Department of Finance has rolled out new credit card legislation that will effectively reduce some of the costs of borrowing for Canadian credit card users. The most important initiative is the creation of the Credit Business Practice Regulations, which govern business practices of credit card issuers the government deems harmful to consumers. The most […]

By Mark Noble |May 21, 2009

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Quebec sets course on regulatory harmony

If Canada is serious about doing away with its regulatory patchwork and moving toward common enforcement of securities violations, it can take cues from Quebec, according to presenters at a Capital Markets Institute forum in Toronto. Stéphane Rousseau, who chairs the University of Montreal’s Centre for the Law of Business and International Trade, noted a […]

By Philip Porado |May 20, 2009

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A full agenda is available on the BetaPro website. BetaPro also announced today, May 20, the filing of a preliminary prospectus for the Horizons BetaPro Double Gold Bullion Fund, which aims to provide liquid, secure and low-cost leveraged long-term exposure to physical gold bullion. The fund can be purchased in U.S. dollars (Class U), or […]

By Staff |May 20, 2009

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Global managers take on risk

Confidence in the world economy has improved, with seven out of 10 money managers believing that the markets will improve in the next 12 months, according to the Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers conducted in May 2009. Average cash holdings have fallen from 4.9% to 4.3%, as portfolio managers moved into equities. And for […]

By Rayann Huang |May 20, 2009

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