Economic Indicators

How you’re responding to short-term investment pressures

To weather volatile markets, advisors seek active management strategies, but they might not realize the full effects of those strategies if they change tack too soon. Canadian investment professionals allocate 76% of total assets under management to active management, reveals a survey by MFS Investment Management, with 60% saying active management has superior risk-management controls […]

By Staff |November 21, 2016

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Not all mortgage rate hikes are created equal

To get the best mortgage rate deal you need to hedge and shop aggressively.

By Romana King, MoneySense |November 18, 2016

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Transportation, shelter push up CPI to 1.5%

The October result matched the expectations of economists.

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |November 18, 2016

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Why emerging markets are slowing, and more: BoC autumn report

The Bank of Canada has released its 2016 autumn review. It offers details on: Read: PM tries to score billions from institutional investors In a section on emerging markets, the report says those markets account for 60% of world domestic product, but that their growth has slowed since the financial crisis. Structural reform launched by […]

By Staff |November 17, 2016

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