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Making sense of the markets this week: December 25, 2022

Sector returns for the year and a look back at some key posts in 2022; plus, an inflation reading...

Making sense of the markets this week: December 25, 2022
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Ask a Planner

Is now the time for a long-term investor to abandon stocks?

It’s been a difficult year for stock investors. Should you move into GICs or mortgage funds to invest for...

Is now the time for a long-term investor to abandon stocks?
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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: December 18, 2022

The Fed follows Canada’s 50-bps rate hike, Musk and BMO are sellers and one way to position a portfolio...

Making sense of the markets this week: December 18, 2022
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Retired Money

What is direct indexing? Should you build your own index?

If you’re wealthy enough to be retired or semi-retired, you’re probably well positioned to consider a hybrid investing strategy...

What is direct indexing? Should you build your own index?

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Retired Money

Reading the “Annual Returns of Key Asset Classes”—what it means for Canadian investors

Our Retired Money columnist talks of the importance and lessons investors can glean from Franklin Templeton’s charts of Annual Returns of...

Reading the “Annual Returns of Key Asset Classes”—what it means for Canadian investors
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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: December 11, 2022

What’s up with the Bank of Canada recent interest rate hike? (Are we there yet?) Also, bonds are back...

Making sense of the markets this week: December 11, 2022
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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: December 4, 2022

A favourite time of year for Canadian investors with big banks reporting their earnings; and the Bank of Canada...

Making sense of the markets this week: December 4, 2022
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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: November 27, 2022

Dale Roberts is back, and he looks at “what the heck’s been going on!”—plus Canada’s retail darling, crypto and...

Making sense of the markets this week: November 27, 2022

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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: November 20, 2022

At least inflation is flatlining, more bad news for crypto, Algonquin loses one-third of its value in less than...

Making sense of the markets this week: November 20, 2022

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