Investments

Asian markets maturing slowly

Investors looking to make a quick buck in Asia may very well reach that goal, but the developing economies of the region should really be considered as a long-term opportunity, according to managers who specialize in that part of the world. The Asia-Pacific region is still largely seen as risky and extremely volatile by outside […]

By Steven Lamb |July 14, 2006

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Investment hybrids

(July 2006) The theorem “keep ’em separate” no longer applies. As baby boomers begin to retire, expect to see more product innovations that combine investments with insurance. Annuities or segregated funds are only the beginning, says Moshe Milevsky, executive director of the Individual Finance and Insurance Decision and associate professor of finance at York University […]

By Deanne N. Gage |June 30, 2006

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Foreign equity funds gaining popularity

There is growing evidence that Canadian investors are taking advantage of the foreign property rule abolition, as the monthly Investor Economics’ Insight reports increasing popularity for this category through the first four months of this year. Mutual fund sales in general were positive in April, despite softer market performance, bucking the negative-flows trend of recent […]

By Steven Lamb |June 2, 2006

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Rational exuberance: The bubble that wasn’t

(May 2006) Here’s a fact: the late 1990s were a time of irrational exuberance (said Alan Greenspan, no less), with more froth than Lake Ontario in a hurricane. When the floor dropped on the markets many investors were mauled and markets are just now recovering from these historic lows. But this flies in the face […]

By Pierre Saint-Laurent |May 26, 2006

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