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Investment risk is a large part of investing. Assessing your risk tolerance requires you to look at your willingness to accept investment risk, and your financial ability to assume it. Government of Canada bonds are low risk and considered one of the safest forms of investment. You lend the government money and they pay you … Not all investors are created equally when it comes to risk
Tax management is something all investors should practice. After reading this article decide if you are paying too much income tax on your investment earnings. The number one goal of investing is to focus on your after-tax return. For example, if your return on investment is 5 per cent, that is just the beginning. If … Making your investment portfolio more profitable with tax planning
A major Canadian bank sold an investment that guarantees investors will lose money. That might seem absurd but hold on for a second, it gets more interesting. The bank had investors lining up and could not meet the demand. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce raised almost $1.8 billion by selling bonds that yield minus … What the Canadian sale of negative-yield bonds means for investors
New regulations initiated by Canada’s Security Regulators went into effect on July 15. Referred to as CRM2, these regulations are the second phase of the Client Relationship Model, intended to give investors increased transparency around fees and performance. Under the new regulations investment firms will now have to provide their clients with two annual statements … New disclosure regulations for investors a positive move
Is real estate a ticking time bomb? Is your house overvalued? The only people who are not afraid of the rapidly escalating house prices in Canada are those who own them and those who line up to pay record-breaking prices. The Canadian dream of homeownership is alive and well. However, many organizations or government bodies … The housing market: home sweet home or house of cards?
Individual investor’s track record is often poor or very poor. This fact is not new, and now we have additional information confirming that the long history of underperformance continues. Dalbar is an independent U.S. company that provides financial services industry research, and publishes a report titled Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior. The goal of the … Individuals are lousy investors because of human behaviour