Boosting client income
Investors need to know that stocks with big dividend yields are not less volatile than stocks in general
- By: Michael Nairne
- February 7, 2011 October 30, 2019
- 13:49
Latest news in Focus on Products
Product Watch: Desjardins goes for the long term
Rebranding at Aston Hill
- By: Clare O’Hara
- February 7, 2011 October 30, 2019
- 13:49
No fireworks in high-yield bonds
But managers of high-yield fixed-income funds suggest that investors be cautious in 2011
- By: Michael Ryval
- February 7, 2011 October 30, 2019
- 13:49
Equities in perspective
Advisors should look at the historical performance of asset classes before rushing into stocks
- By: Dan Hallett
- February 7, 2011 October 30, 2019
- 13:49
Some value managers shone in 2010
Dynamic Funds, the top performer, attributes its success last year to encouraging managers to follow their beliefs
- By: Catherine Harris
- February 7, 2011 October 30, 2019
- 13:49
Balanced fund managers split on equities
Some fund managers see a strong upside among Canadian resources companies
- By: Michael Ryval
- January 24, 2011 October 30, 2019
- 15:53
The value of advice
Some sponsors of defined-contribution pension plans offer advice to plan members
- By: Gordon Powers
- January 24, 2011 October 30, 2019
- 15:53
Product Watch: New Asian fund from Franklin Templeton
Dynamic funds for non-HST provinces
- By: Clare O’Hara
- January 24, 2011 October 30, 2019
- 15:53
Product Watch: Pro-Financial introduces new fund
Stone changes investment fund manager
- By: Clare O’Hara
- December 21, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 12:31
Gaining investing confidence
Female investors who have advisors feel more optimistic
- By: Don Reed
- December 21, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 12:17
Older is not better
Research suggests that investors become less capable of picking market winners as they age
- By: Gordon Powers
- December 21, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 12:17
AGF adds socially responsible muscle
The acquisition of Acuity also brings investors in AGF funds more choice in balanced and fixed-income products
- By: Jade Hemeon
- December 21, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 12:17
“Decent” returns in Canadian equities?
“There are many high-quality companies trading at reasonably low multiples,” says one Canadian equity fund manager
- By: Michael Ryval
- December 21, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 11:59
Modest role for gold
Gold shares do have a role in a diversified investment portfolio, but they are secondary to gold bullion
- By: Michael Nairne
- December 6, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 16:35
Changing interest to capital gains
These fixed-income mutual funds use complex derivative strategies to “recharacterize” income
- By: Jade Hemeon
- December 6, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 16:35
Changes made to three Mackenzie funds
Counsel creates an income product
- By: Clare O’Hara
- December 6, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 16:35
Small-cap stocks, big-time value?
“Looking at the market in general, we don’t think valuations are stretched,” says one small- and mid-cap fund manager
- By: Michael Ryval
- December 6, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 16:35
Boosting after-tax return
Advisors need to check out the fine print on synthetic bond funds to judge their suitability
- By: Dan Hallett
- December 6, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 16:35
New products from Excel Funds
<b>Mackenzie fund gets new subadvisor</b>
- By: Clare O’Hara
- November 15, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 11:54
Emerging markets boast strong growth
Investors are beginning to realize that these markets are expanding faster than developed countries, says a fund manager
- By: Michael Ryval
- November 15, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 11:54
Bridging the gap
Study shows that attitudes of advisors and middle- and lower-income consumers affect financial planning
- By: Gordon Powers
- November 15, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 11:54
Boosting LTD
Executives and professionals often don’t have sufficient long-term disability coverage to replace their income
- By: Clare O’Hara
- November 1, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 15:25
The explosion of ETFs
Advisors can engineer globally diversified portfolios with customized exposures to markets
- By: Michael Nairne
- November 1, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 15:25
RBC unveils bond fund of funds
New income fund from CI Investments
- By: Clare O’Hara
- November 1, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 15:25
Slow European recovery worrisome
“There is more macroeconomic risk than there has been for a long time,” says one mutual fund manager
- By: Michael Ryval
- November 1, 2010 October 30, 2019
- 15:25