Market Insights

It’s time for a ‘flipping tax’ on foreign investors

CIBC's Benjamin Tal says that could cool Vancouver's housing market.

By Chris Sorensen, Maclean's |May 18, 2016

2 min read

What Donald Trump is invested in

He owns stocks, bonds, private equity, mutual funds and even gold

By Staff, with files from The Associated Press |May 18, 2016

2 min read

How to match bond exposure to rate outlook

It's not as straightforward as you may think.

By Dean DiSpalatro |May 17, 2016

4 min read

How smart has your beta been lately?

Despite overwhelming evidence that active managers underperform their benchmarks, Yale professors Martijn Cremers and Antti Petajisto offer evidence that not only can active management outperform (we knew that), but that predicting successful active manager performance in advance is also possible. We examine these claims pursuant to smart/alternative beta ETFs in Canada, and study recent down-cycle […]

By Mark Yamada |May 13, 2016

4 min read