A few personal finance bloggers decided to have a friendly stock picking contest for 2009 and we decided to do it again for 2010. We had made our picks back in December of 2009 and …
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Is Your Brokerage's Bond Desk a Profit Centre?
Not a question a lot of people ask, but it's an important one. As an investor, if you buy a bond from your advisor or discount broker you see the price you are offered, but how far …
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Buying ADRs to Avoid Stamp Duty
Coincidentally, I was talking to the portfolio manager of our index funds today and part of the conversation was surrounding tracking error and the use of ADRs and GDRs. In a post …
New Canadian Small Cap ETF Available
IndexIQ has launched a new ETF which attempts to give investors exposure to small cap Canadian stocks, but as a Canadian you will probably want to avoid this particular ETF for …
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