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Industry
Savvy advisors have taken the time to understand Individual Pension Plans, seeing them as a value-added service for existing and prospective clients recognizing they may be the new frontier in the asset accumulation cycle.
By Michelle Dickinson |November 17, 2011
4 min read
Investors may or may not "like" this. The first ever social media ETF has hit the market.
By John Powell |November 16, 2011
2 min read
Economic Indicators
An overwhelming majority of investment professionals equate a collapse of the Euro to a failure of Europe, according to a CFA Institute survey.
By Staff |November 16, 2011
1 min read
It’s no surprise that headlines in world news have been all about the European sovereign debt crisis—a downgraded credit rating here, a country’s austerity measures there. But wouldn’t it be nice if the eurozone’s leaders followed the advice of Richard Portes, economics professor of the London Business School and founder and president of the Centre for Economic Policy Research.
By Brooke Smith |November 16, 2011
Depsite lingering headwinds there are grounds for optimism about the outlook for the U.S. economy, according to Bill Cheney, chief economist at Manulife Asset Management.
By Dean DiSpalatro |November 15, 2011
Demonstrating a long-standing preference for making the wrong investment decisions, Canadian mutual fund investors continued to flee risk assets in October, despite a steady recovery in equity markets throughout the month.
By Staff |November 15, 2011
Products
Invesco has announced the filing of a preliminary prospectus with the Canadian securities regulators for five new PowerShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs), nearly doubling the number of ETFs the company offers on Canadian exchanges.
By Staff |November 14, 2011
Investment portfolios have seen little growth the past few years and unhappy with this outcome investors are now looking at alternative portfolio strategies.
By Vikram Barhat |November 14, 2011
3 min read
Travelling by rail throughout Europe is considered by many to be a safe, predictable, and efficient way to get from where you are to where you want to be.
By David Andrews |November 14, 2011
5 min read
Horizons ETFs has announced that it plans to consolidate the units of Horizons BetaPro NYMEX Natural Gas Bull Plus ETF on a 1:4 basis.
By Staff |November 11, 2011
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