Market Insights

Investors pulling back: Manulife

Investor enthusiasm in the first half of 2012 decreased, with fewer pouring funds into fixed income investments, investment properties, balanced funds and cash, says Manulife Financial’s Investor Sentiment Index. Read: Global investors scale back Results show the overall Index sits at +24, down two points from December 2011 (+26) and five points from June 2011 […]

By Staff |July 18, 2012

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Why use corporate-class funds?

I recently found out one of the largest advisory teams in the country isn’t offering mutual fund corporation structures, or corporate-class funds, to clients. Even though these structures are more tax-efficient, these advisors simply sell investments without considering tax planning.

By Keith Pangretitsch |July 16, 2012

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How to read the commodities market

Researchers have made surprising discoveries about how the commodities market works.

By Jacqueline Louie |July 16, 2012

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REITs outperform the market in Q2

U.S. REITs significantly outperformed the broader equity market in the first half of 2012, says the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), with And all but one sector of the market producing double-digit total returns.

By Staff |July 16, 2012

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