Investments

Nirvana or nowhere? Where the economy is headed

No one can predict the future, but take a look at these potential economic scenarios, courtesy of BMO’s five-year outlook for 2017 to 2022. The most likely scenario (70% probability) is a stable continuation of a U.S.-led global recovery. Emerging markets expand at a faster rate on the back of rebounding commodity prices, and governments […]

By Staff |December 8, 2016

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What you don’t know about value investing

Despite its track record, value investing is still widely misunderstood.

By Talbot Babineau |December 7, 2016

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California dreamin’: Toronto’s Tricon buys U.S. retirement communities

Toronto-based Tricon Capital Group, an investor and asset manager focused on residential real estate, says it’s Tricon Lifestyle Communities venture has bought three manufactured-housing communities in California. Read: Pressure points for U.S. commercial real estate Two of the communities, Riverdale Estates and Palmdale Estates, are age-restricted properties. Retirees can buy a prefabricated home and install […]

By Staff |December 5, 2016

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Pressure points for U.S. commercial real estate

In the U.S., commercial real estate benefits when both the economy and labour market gain.

By Sarah Cunningham-Scharf |December 1, 2016

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