Market Insights

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Market Insights

Inflation potholes are just bumps in the road

Inflation can make the road to adequate retirement income a challenging one. Why? Because the traditional retirement portfolio, invested heavily if not exclusively in fixed income, is just that: fixed. The income it produces doesn’t necessarily go up each year to offset rising consumer prices – and rising prices gradually, but inescapably, eat away at […]

By Peter Drake |October 2, 2009

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Market Insights

Market numbers: October 2, 2009

North American stock markets headed for a sharply lower open Friday morning as the American economy shed more than a quarter of a million jobs last month, far more than the approximately 180,000 that economists expected. The U.S. Labour Department reported that job losses came in at 263,000, while the unemployment rate increased a tenth […]

By Staff |October 2, 2009

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P.M. market numbers: October 2, 2009

The Toronto stock market closed lower Friday and racked up its second weekly loss in a row as a string of disappointing economic reports was capped by a U.S. jobs report that widely missed expectations. The S&P/TSX composite index lost 113.43 points to 10,958.33 after the U.S. Labour Department reported that job losses came in […]

By Staff |October 2, 2009

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Industry

ETFs allow advisors to diversify

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have had the most profound impact on personal investing since the introduction of the modern mutual fund in 1924. To the myriad strengths that drove mutual funds to growth – diversification, professional management and shared expenses – ETFs have added low costs, transparency, market access throughout the trading day, and tax efficiency. […]

By Mark Yamada |October 1, 2009

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