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Magic of tax-efficient bond investing

A well-diversified portfolio should include bonds as well as stocks. From an investment perspective, bonds have several desirable characteristics.

By André Fok Kam |July 26, 2011

7 min read

Building wealth with IPPs

An individual pension plan can be an effective vehicle for funding a business owner's retirement and minimizing their personal taxes. It can also play a part in corporate tax planning. And yet it remains something of a rarity in Canada.

By Al Emid |July 26, 2011

4 min read

Tax-efficient investing and dividends

Reader alert: This is part 2 of a five-part series. • Part 1: Tackling tax-efficient investing • Part 2: Capital gains mean tax-efficient investing • Part 3: Tax-efficient investing and dividends • Part 4: Magic of tax-efficient bond investing • Part 5: Tax-efficient investor behaviour Tax-efficient investing, as it relates to dividends, revolves around these […]

By André Fok Kam |July 22, 2011

9 min read

Feds take a swing at stapled securities

The federal government has announced amendments to the Income Tax Act, to ensure that the spirit of its Tax Fairness Plan is followed. The Tax Fairness Plan was introduced in 2006 to stem the proliferation of income trusts, essentially treating their profits in the same way as corporate profits. “These proposed measures will ensure that […]

By Staff |July 20, 2011

2 min read