You may already know that Canada's TSX stock market is very poorly diversified. The energy, materials and financial sectors make up three-quarters of the index! Also, our Technology "sector" …

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If your eyes and ears work, you will no doubt know that the price of Oil has been on a tear of sorts for the last few years. I just saw on the news that Oil was $15/barrel as recently as 1999 - yet we …

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I don't know if you were aware of the promotion a certain travel agency was running in 2007. They stated that anyone who went online between June 12th and December 7th of 2007 to book a vacation …

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With the New Year comes New Year's Resolutions of course! If you are one of the many people who carry high interest debt on credit cards or department store charge cards on a regular basis - the first …

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Standard and Poor's has announced that they will launch index coverage of the 130/30 Strategy. Note that this will be different from the actual universe of 130/30 funds' performance. (See yesterday's …

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A new type of mutual fund may be entering the Canadian market in the near future. This particular type of mutual fund is known as the "130/30 Fund". Let me explain how it gets it's name:For …

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