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globeandmail.com » The Globe and Mail - Rob Carrick Columns - Sep 4, 2008
September: The bummer that ends the summer on the stock markets.As volatile as the markets have been this year, you had to figure September would live up to its billing as the worst month of the year for stocks. So …
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globeandmail.com » The Globe and Mail - Rob Carrick Columns - Aug 30, 2008
Let the great Canadian ETF smackdown begin.In one corner we have the challenger, Claymore Investments, a relative newcomer to the exchange-traded fund sector here that has a growing and innovative lineup of products.
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globeandmail.com » The Globe and Mail - Rob Carrick Columns - Aug 30, 2008
WHAT WE'RE UP TORussia's military action against Georgia was quite the jarring turnabout for a country that was thought to be so tame that mutual funds managers here in North America have gone and loaded up on its …
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globeandmail.com » The Globe and Mail - Rob Carrick Columns - Aug 26, 2008
A study prepared for the federal government on registered education savings plans has served up a fresh round of criticism of a particular type of RESP, the group scholarship trust.
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theglobeandmail.com » The Globe and Mail - Rob Carrick Columns - Aug 23, 2008
Some of them remain a viable source of income for the time being, and they're on sale right now
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globeandmail.com » The Globe and Mail - Rob Carrick Columns - Aug 23, 2008
What we're up toAnother in a continuing series of Number Crunchers designed to present some opportunities for doing something that people don't do often enough, which is buy good mutual funds when they're down in price.
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globeandmail.com » The Globe and Mail - Rob Carrick Columns - Aug 23, 2008
Income-seeking investors, meet an old friend you may have given up on.Income trusts are still a sore spot with lots of people since the federal government ambushed the sector two years ago with the announcement of a …
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theglobeandmail.com » The Globe and Mail - Rob Carrick Columns - Aug 21, 2008
The case for buy-and-hold investing is quietly being undermined by some of the numbers coming out of the mutual fund industry these days.Think five years is a good, long time to hold a fund? Then you should know that …
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theglobeandmail.com » The Globe and Mail - Rob Carrick Columns - Aug 12, 2008
There's disturbing news for people trying to sell homes in a Canadian real estate market where buyers may be getting the upper hand.A nascent trend in the U.S. market has buyers not only tromping and gawking their way …
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globeandmail.com » The Globe and Mail - Rob Carrick Columns - Aug 9, 2008
WHAT WE'RE UP TOFalling commodity prices have dragged down the Canadian stock market lately, which means investors holding mutual funds with a big emphasis on energy, mining and fertilizers are at risk. Let's see which …
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