Investments

Risk management lessons

The recent financial crisis serves as a timely reminder of the substantial risk of investing in financial markets.

By Alexandre Hocquard, Sunny Ng and Nicolas Papageorgiou |September 14, 2011

2 min read

Euro stocks at two-year low

As German prime minister Angela Merkel spoke out in defense of the Eurozone’s economic integrity, the Stox Europe index continued to trade near it’s two-year low.

By Staff |September 13, 2011

1 min read

Are you at risk?

Advisors now face the challenge of reassessing not only their clients’ risk tolerance levels, but also the nature of risk itself, thanks to the downgrade of U.S. debt to below AAA.

By Harper Fraze |September 13, 2011

6 min read

Where does volatility come from?

It’s funny that, when markets go awry – when the expected step by step rise is asset values is thwarted – there’s hell to pay. Not by asset managers of course – since they were just doing what everyone else was doing. Nor by investors, who, by the same token, were just following advice.

By Scot Blythe - Canadian Investment Review |September 13, 2011

4 min read