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The leading edge of boomers has already entered retirement, shifting their focus from wealth accumulation to ensuring they have an adequate income stream to maintain a comfortable lifestyle.
By Staff |April 25, 2012
3 min read
Industry
The credit environment for fixed income in Canada continues to evolve. While we’re currently in a very low interest rate environment that’s causing some challenges, we're continuing to see incredible demand for bonds.
April 24, 2012
Eurozone woes have caused investors to scale back their risk tolerance and expectations for global growth, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of fund managers for April.
Investors were bombarded with a lot of information this week from economic data, to monetary policy reports, to corporate earnings.
By Gareth Watson |April 20, 2012
6 min read
As bubbles are forming, people justify why prices are inflated.
By Richard Deaves as told to Brynna Leslie |April 19, 2012
2 min read
The euro crisis is slowly fading away but not all is cured in Europe. While some may be convinced that the worst has come and gone, issues will continue to resurface that will shake investor confidence in coming months.
April 17, 2012
Investors continue to demand increased yield, as well as protection against the threat of rising interest rates. To meet these demands Invesco Canada has launched the PowerShares Senior Loan Index ETF, which began trading on the TSX today.
By Staff |April 16, 2012
1 min read
After an impressive rally in global stock markets during the first quarter of 2012, the majority of Canadian investment advisors remain bullish on equities over the next few months.
April 13, 2012
After the Easter holiday weekend, investors returned to the market and were indecisive as North American indices finished the week almost where they started.
By Gareth Watson |April 13, 2012
Investors may have been skittish in early April, but the general trend appears to be “risk on” once again, according to Patrick Bradley, product specialist with the global fixed income team at Brandywine Global Investment Management.
By Staff |April 12, 2012
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