Investments

The Weekly Pulse: RIM Blackberries too sour

This week started off on a familiar note as the selling pressure we've seen since May continued for many global markets. While relatively in line, Chinese economic data gave markets a boost on Tuesday, but Greek debt concerns brought sellers back into the spotlight.

By Gareth Watson |June 20, 2011

4 min read

From asset to risk allocation

The balance between return and risk is often equated with the trade-off between health and exercise. While all investors have an appetite for greater wealth (being healthy), they also have a limited tolerance for risk (exercise). Unfortunately, risk is a difficult, often abstract, concept for investors — especially when it comes to investment selection. As a result, risk is usually ignored altogether.

By Mary Anne Wiley |June 20, 2011

7 min read

Horizons launches new U.S. Equity Income Fund

Horizons Exchange Traded Funds has filed a final prospectus for the Horizons Enhanced U.S. Equity Income Fund, a closed end fund which will be managed by AlphaPro Management Inc. The fund aims to provide investors with capital appreciation and monthly distributions, based on the performance of an equal weighted portfolio of the 50 largest and […]

By Staff |June 17, 2011

1 min read

Shielding portfolios against next Sino-Forest

It’s certainly no easy task for advisors to avoid portfolio bombs like Sino-Forest Corp. and Armtec Infrastructure Inc., both of which lost over 80% of their value recently. The reasons for the losses are different, but the pain is still the same. Up until mid-April, Sino-Forest stock (TRE) was humming along quite nicely. It had […]

June 16, 2011

6 min read