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Franklin Templeton signals entry into active ETF space

Franklin Templeton is in the process of launching new actively managed ETFs, according to a report from Ignites.com, a Financial Times publication.

By Vikram Barhat |June 14, 2012

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Economic Indicators

Wood you buy this investment?

Have your clients considered investing in timberland? If your answer’s no, that’s not a surprise.

June 13, 2012

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Why you should consider credit derivatives

On the surface, credit derivatives are no different from other products seeking to transfer risk from one party to another. The risk transferred is based upon the credit performance of corporations, sovereign entities or other types of debt obligations. These instruments initially arose out of a demand for hedging and diversifying credit exposures, just like […]

By Bud Haslett, CFA |June 7, 2012

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Investing in jewelry

Jewels and jewelry have constituted kings’ ransoms and motivated murderous coups. In peacetime, they’re desirable as investable assets, but more for beauty than intrinsic value.

By Vikram Barhat |June 6, 2012

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Income gap and luxury markets expand

The Financial Times reports the worldwide market for luxury goods will hit $1.5 trillion this year -- about equal to the entire economic output of Spain or Australia -- as the number of wealthy grow in emerging markets like Brazil and China.

By Staff |June 5, 2012

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The facts about covered call options

We live in a world of non-existent yields, with central banks manipulating interest rates and investors being cautious. Fund providers have also resurrected a product strategy associated with closed-end funds: covered-call writing.

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When clients want to open a franchise

The expert David Wilton, MBA, Director of Small Business, Scotiabank, Toronto Client profile Jack, a lifelong public servant, is an assistant Federal deputy minister. Sherry is a high-school teacher. Both plan to opt for early retirement this year, but at 55 and 56, they aren’t ready to stop working. They have run a small bed-and-breakfast […]

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Franklin Templeton signals entry into active ETF space

Wood you buy this investment?

Why you should consider credit derivatives

Investing in jewelry

Vanguard only major ETF provider to have inflows in May in U.S.

Income gap and luxury markets expand

As farmland prices rise, so do number of pre-nups

The facts about covered call options

Film investing: moneyball or casino royale?

When clients want to open a franchise