Investments

AlphaPro calls ETF merger vote

AlphaPro Management is seeking investor approval for the merger of one of its ETFs, giving unitholders a choice of two ETFs into which it will be merged. Under the proposal, Horizons AlphaPro Managed S&P/TSX 60 ETF (ticker symbol HAX) would be merged into either Horizons AlphaPro S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight Index ETF (HEW), or into […]

By Staff |March 28, 2011

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Volatile times call for long-term view

As the world stumbles from one crisis to another, turbulence is fast becoming the new normal in financial markets. From the great recession of 2008 and the European sovereign debt crisis to the geo-political turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East, the world has experienced tremendous upheaval. And while investors waited for a respite, […]

By Vikram Barhat |March 28, 2011

2 min read

Currency, not credit, the big risk in European bonds

Canadian investors in global bonds should keep an eye on recent events in Europe, but they shouldn’t lose sleep over the U.K. budget or the fall of Portugal’s government, according to fixed income experts. However bond pundits admit that tight fiscal policies are a negative for currencies. “The bad news is that historically when you […]

By Vikram Barhat |March 25, 2011

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Non-confidence vote a non-event: Industry

There has been a muted response from the Canadian financial services industry to the fall of Harper government as it treats the result of non-confidence vote as a bit of a non-event.

By Vikram Barhat |March 25, 2011

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