Investments

Euro stocks at two-year low

As German prime minister Angela Merkel spoke out in defense of the Eurozone’s economic integrity, the Stox Europe index continued to trade near it’s two-year low.

By Staff |September 13, 2011

1 min read

Are you at risk?

Advisors now face the challenge of reassessing not only their clients’ risk tolerance levels, but also the nature of risk itself, thanks to the downgrade of U.S. debt to below AAA.

By Harper Fraze |September 13, 2011

6 min read

Where does volatility come from?

It’s funny that, when markets go awry – when the expected step by step rise is asset values is thwarted – there’s hell to pay. Not by asset managers of course – since they were just doing what everyone else was doing. Nor by investors, who, by the same token, were just following advice.

By Scot Blythe - Canadian Investment Review |September 13, 2011

4 min read

Commercial mortgage fund built on yield

In the years after the ABCP fiasco, the managers of the ACM Commercial Mortgage Fund were able to make some “incredible deals” while their competition was forced to sit on the sidelines.

By Kate McCaffery |September 12, 2011

6 min read