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Debt issuance increases thanks to maple bonds

(October 2007) A lot of people think of syrup when they hear the word Canada, but the buzz around another maple product is growing louder by the quarter. According to the Investment Industry Association of Canada, maple bonds had a stellar first six months of 2007, accounting for almost half of all corporate issuance from […]

By Bryan Borzykowski |October 30, 2007

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Fund wraps’ popularity on the rise

(October 2007) For years, stand-alone mutual funds have been the investment of choice for investors seeking to mitigate risk, but the days appear to be numbered for this investment option. Fund wraps, or funds-of-funds, are gaining significant ground on their standalone counterparts. In its monthly Insight newsletter, Toronto-based research firm Investor Economics reports that fund […]

By Bryan Borzykowski |October 19, 2007

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Financial system is a farce: Sprott

(October 2007) Few investment managers can fill a room like Eric Sprott. His annual roadshow blends economic doom and gloom, humour and investor optimism. Those who packed the ballroom in Toronto were not disappointed. “When I think about leveraged finance, and what central banks do, and the banks’ stocks are all going up, I actually […]

By Steven Lamb |October 4, 2007

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(September 2007) At the beginning of the summer of 2007, a new language seemed to emerge. The media, pundits, advisors, doomsayers were all talking in what I called the “alphabet acronyms” — i.e., CDOs, ABSs, ABCP and so on. I would wager few financial advisors gave much thought to these products before they became the […]

By Peter Drake |September 10, 2007

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