Investments

Use property as an inflation shelter

For investors, finding an investment that keeps up with inflation is serious business: the cost of living just keeps rising. An investment that captures the rate of inflation in its return is a necessity.

By Rayann Huang |September 7, 2011

3 min read

Economic Indicators

Will yuan become the new default?

As the U.S. tries to disentangle itself from its economic woes, China has slowly started to weave a web around the global currency system.

By Vikram Barhat |September 7, 2011

3 min read

Products

BluMont launches global infrastructure fund

BluMont Capital Corporation has launched the Exemplar Global Infrastructure Fund, managed by Capital Innovations, LLC of Wisconsin.

By Staff |September 6, 2011

1 min read

Industry

Seeking yield? Think real estate

To paint both the residential and commercial real estate sectors with the same brush would cause advisors to overlook the unique benefits offered by commercial real estate investments.

By Rayann Huang |September 6, 2011

3 min read

Investment team revels in volatility

The volatility that rocked the markets from late July through the end of August could well be the start of a longer-term trend. When there is no rising tide, clients need to rely on experienced security selection teams to raise their fortunes.

By Staff |September 6, 2011

6 min read

Equity funds continue slump in August

Equity funds suffered the worst of their now four-month-long slump in August, as weak economic data and an historic debt downgrade in the U.S. pushed world markets downward, according to Morningstar Canada.

By Staff |September 2, 2011

2 min read

Funding a child’s education

A good education doesn’t come cheap. Even when counting subsidies, the costs of studying and living as a student can reach a small fortune. So many parents look for ways to save for their kids’ education even before the children are out of diapers.

By Raf Brusilow |September 1, 2011

7 min read

Alpha’s residual nature

In my last article, “The true cost of beta,” (June 2011), I noted that a portfolio manager’s return is made of two components: beta and alpha. Alpha is the extra return generated through manager skill above the return accounted for by the risk premium of the underlying factors the portfolio is exposed to. Alpha is a rare and fleeting commodity that fetches a higher price if it’s sustainable in the long run. Alpha is what is left after we’ve accounted for the beta portion of a manager’s return — it’s a residual value.

By Guy Lalonde |September 1, 2011

5 min read

Investments

Use property as an inflation shelter

Will yuan become the new default?

BluMont launches global infrastructure fund

Seeking yield? Think real estate

Investment team revels in volatility

Equity funds continue slump in August

Flagging consumer confidence points to recession

Funding a child’s education

Plug into diversified utilities

Alpha’s residual nature