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Client’s inbox likely full of ‘hot stocks’

Investment advice can come in many forms — from an advisor, an article, a stock-savvy friend — but one place where seemingly hot stock tips are popping up is in your client’s e-mail inbox. North Americans get over 100 million investment-related spam e-mails a week, and according to a document put out by the Canadian […]

By Staff |April 23, 2007

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(April 20, 2007) Advisor.ca is proud to announce that Doug Watt and Matthew McClearn have been short-listed for the prestigious Kenneth R. Wilson Awards in the Best Feature Article category. Their article, The Defiant One, appeared in Advisor’s Edge in November 2006, and detailed the inside saga of prominent Saskatoon advisor Brian Mallard’s two-year battle […]

By Staff |April 20, 2007

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Islamic market still underserved

Advisors might not be comfortable discussing religion with clients, but when that religion dictates how those clients invest, it’s not something that can be ignored. Yet that’s precisely what’s happening, and it could be preventing as many as 600,000 Canadians from seeking financial advice. While every religion has its own set of values that must […]

By Mark Brown |April 20, 2007

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(April 19, 2007) The Manulife Investor Sentiment Index dropped four points, after an 11-point gain the previous quarter. Last quarter’s results were the largest upswing since the surveys began in 1999, falling just one point shy of its all-time high of +35, reached in mid-2000. “Support for investing in general remains very strong and our […]

By Staff |April 19, 2007

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