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Tiff Macklem Governor of the Bank of Canada during a rate announcement

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: January 28, 2024

Tesla slides, Netflix wrestles competitors into submission, CN predicts 10% growth, BoC stands pat.

Making sense of the markets this week: January 28, 2024
Two men pushing an oversized bitcoin.

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: January 21, 2024

What’s going on with crypto (thanks, U.S. markets), American bank earnings reports, Delta’s earnings flying high (or not), and...

Making sense of the markets this week: January 21, 2024
A man holding a pie chart: showing how assets are allocated in a portfolio as we cover the asset winners of 2023.

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: January 14, 2024

What asset classes did best last year? Short sellers lose their shirts, Canadian housing market refuses to go down,...

Making sense of the markets this week: January 14, 2024

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: January 7, 2024

Kyle’s predictions for 2024: TSX will thrash S&P 500, Biden will win (barely), inflation will fall, Canadian economic growth...

Making sense of the markets this week: January 7, 2024

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A man wondering if he should sell his preferred shares at a loss

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What should Canadian investors do: Sell or hold with preferred share losses?

When taking a big loss on preferred shares, a MoneySense reader asks if he should hold or sell now.

What should Canadian investors do: Sell or hold with preferred share losses?
2023 and a graduation cap, as we look back on 2023 and grade the predictions

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: December 24, 2023

Interest rates, stock market predictions, supply chain issues—what this column got right and wrong in 2023.

Making sense of the markets this week: December 24, 2023
Three people at different stages of their retirement wondering if CPP is indexed to inflation and more.

Retired Money

Inflation a scourge for retirees? Ottawa’s silver lining(s)

Inflation and taxes—both can affect retirement income. Thankfully CPP, OAS and GIS have inflation indexing. Here’s how it may...

Inflation a scourge for retirees? Ottawa’s silver lining(s)
A Canadian meeting her money manager to discuss tax-loss selling.

Investing

’Tis the season for tax-loss selling in Canada

Tax-loss selling is one way that investors with capital gains can lower their potential tax bill. What is tax-loss...

’Tis the season for tax-loss selling in Canada

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A stock trader sitting on a rocket, showing the November performance of the markets

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: December 10, 2023

Interest rates stand pat, reports from small Canadian banks, the November stock market rocket, and Dave Ramsey drops pearls...

Making sense of the markets this week: December 10, 2023

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