Market Insights

Mackenzie boosts fixed-income expertise

Effective June 1, Mackenzie Investments adds Putnam Investments as sub-advisor to several Mackenzie high-yield corporate bond funds. Putnam will assume portfolio management responsibilities for Mackenzie Sentinel Corporate Bond Fund, Mackenzie Sentinel North American Corporate Bond Class and Mackenzie Sentinel Registered North American Corporate Bond Fund, as well as becoming one of the managers on the […]

By Staff |May 31, 2011

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Retirees offer advice for boomers

Canadian retirees are largely happy with the way their post-career lives are working out, but they admit they wish they'd received more advice before they stopped working. Now they're offering the advice they wish they'd gotten.

By Staff |May 31, 2011

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Global bonds reduce risk: Russell

The Bank of Canada may have held the line on monetary policy on Tuesday, but the spectre of rising interest rates continues to hang over Canadian bond investors. Eventually, the Bank will make its move, wiping out billions in capital value. Fixed income investors should look further afield to protect their portfolios, as global bonds […]

By Staff |May 31, 2011

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Commodity prices soared in April

The price of Canada’s main export commodities soared 6.1% in April, marking 60.4% increase from cyclical lows in April 2009, according to Scotiabank. The spike in the bank’s Commodity Price Index reading was largely attributable to the energy sector, as the price of Edmonton par price (light oil) jumped more than US$16 per barrel. That […]

By Staff |May 30, 2011

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