Market Insights

Market Insights

ETF tips from the rink

Hockey tactics for portfolio construction

By Mark Yamada |February 22, 2012

4 min read

Market Insights

Dividends remain the smart play

Even as the world gets its economic act together, it’s still too early to abandon a dividend strategy.

By Staff |February 21, 2012

3 min read

Market Insights

Greece: A frustrating game of hot potato

What a bizarre week. Bizarre is not a word I use that often but I’m struggling to find the right description for a week where higher futures lead to lower closes, and lower futures result in market rallies.

By Gareth Watson |February 21, 2012

5 min read

Market Insights

Greek drama not over yet

Greece has narrowly escaped the possibility of bankruptcy this spring, when it faces the repayment of €14.5 billion of debt. The reprieve comes from an agreement on a new bailout package reached Tuesday.

February 21, 2012

4 min read

Market Insights

Market confidence on the rise

The probability of U.S. stocks achieving double-digit growth, receding eurozone fears and a positive outlook for Canadian equities, have renewed optimism for financial markets.

By Vikram Barhat |February 21, 2012

2 min read

Industry

Group pushes for mandatory SRI question

Concerned that advisors aren’t talking to their clients about socially responsible investing, the Social Investment Organization will push for rules mandating advisors to ask about a client’s interest in SRI.

By Doug Watt |February 21, 2012

3 min read

Market Insights

It’s risk-on again for emerging markets

After taking a 21% tumble last year, emerging markets have rebounded so far in 2012 on the back of a resurgent investor appetite and a risk-on mood for emerging markets.

By Vikram Barhat |February 17, 2012

3 min read

Economic Indicators

Berlin split on the fate of Athens

A split has emerged in the German government over whether to grant Greece a second bail-out package.

February 17, 2012

1 min read

Industry

Private equity activity soars in 2011

Buyout and related private equity market activity in Canada took significant strides forward in 2011, with a record number of deals, and dollar flows reaching their highest levels in three years, according to CVCA Canada.

February 17, 2012

3 min read

Economic Indicators

China set to become biggest gold market

Perhaps driven by the turbulence in global markets, gold prices continue to edge higher. The price of gold saw an uptick this morning as the U.S. dollar was paring its recent gains versus a basket of currencies ahead of the inflation data from the U.S.

By Vikram Barhat |February 17, 2012

1 min read

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