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Invesco to launch six new ETFs

Invesco announced Monday that a preliminary prospectus has been filed with the Canadian securities regulators for six new PowerShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs). “PowerShares Funds, which bring ETFs into the mutual fund structure, have been available to Canadian investors since November 2009. With our new offering, we are providing Canadians with another way to access PowerShares […]

By Staff |May 2, 2011

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The biotech investing roller coaster

Biotechnology is one of the most interesting sectors of the stock market. In how many other industry groups are companies striving to develop revolutionary new ways to save lives? What other industry matches biotechnology in the sheer number of stocks that could double if their companies’ plans come to fruition?

By Chip Brian |May 1, 2011

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Pension investing using ETFs: Part 3

In the now-iconic scene set in Katz’s Delicatessen in New York City, a woman of some years mischievously asks her waiter to bring her the rye and pastrami sandwich she assumes was responsible for Meg Ryan’s character Sally’s head-turning display of euphoria. Portfolio envy is a lesser-known form of a similar syndrome.

May 1, 2011

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End of QE2 won’t impact Canada

The expiration of the U.S. Fed’s second round of quantitative easing—dubbed QE2—will have little or no implication for the Canadian market according to experts north of the border. The post-QE2 outlook started garnering considerable interest as the Federal Reserve announced it will turn off its $600 billion tap in June as planned in light of […]

By Vikram Barhat |April 29, 2011

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