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Raising RRSP returns with ETFs

In today’s environment, many expect they’ll need ways to supplement the income they’ll earn from pension plans with other investments. In doing so, they’re increasingly recognizing that the benefits of ETFs — low cost, transparency, liquidity and easy diversification — also make them an ideal part of a well-diversified retirement portfolio. ETFs are growing rapidly […]

By Mary Anne Wiley |November 1, 2010

4 min read

Sovereign Debt: Waiting to blow

As the global economy completes is latest weak lap around the track, worries abound on different sides of the stands—on one, concerns focus on deflation; while the other side frets about inflation. But the real worry may be that policymakers are treating a solvency problem like a liquidity problem. Liquidity means central banks are injecting […]

By Scot Blythe |October 27, 2010

4 min read

The anti-benchmark

Market-cap weighting is the most efficient and cheapest way to tap an economy’s growth has long been under attack. First, it was in the seminar rooms of business schools, where persistent anomalies — the value, small-cap and momentum effects — defied the so-called market portfolio. Then it hit opposition on the ground, at least for […]

By Scot Blythe |October 18, 2010

5 min read

The dirt on clean tech

Generally, the alternative energy and solar sectors tend to do less well when the economy is slow. This is mainly because oil-based energy is cheaper and less in demand, so people aren’t as inclined to care about alternatives. We all remember when oil hit $140 per barrel — solar, wind power, and other alternative-energy companies […]

By Chip Brian |October 1, 2010

2 min read