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Gold ETFs - Gold Investing

As more investors begin to consider gold as a stability hedge for their portfolios, many stop short due to some issues associated with owning and hol[...] read more »
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Why Invest in Mutual Funds and What They Are

We hear a lot about mutual funds and how we should invest in them. But what are mutual funds really? Why invest in mutual funds? See more about mutua[...] read more »
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Misconceptions of Guaranteed Income Funds

I have had a number of people suggest that they can get a 5% guarantee with the Manulife Income Plus product. This is a big misconception of Guarant[...] read more »
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Gold is Looking Like THE Safe Haven

Cash is king in the investment world, but a 10-20% position in gold can make that cash position even stronger and may be worth buying even at these p[...] read more »
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How to Use Junk Bonds in Your Portfolio

Want to know how to use junk bonds in your portfolio? Junk bonds are bonds issued by companies whom the ratings agencies have deemed a credit risk. read more »
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How To Pick A Mutual Fund

Here’s a few tips to help you know how to pick a mutual fund. How do you pick the right funds? Should you go with index funds? What's your risk tole[...] read more »
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Low Fee Mutual Funds have benefits

I have been a long time advocate for low fee mutual funds and other investments. Paying less for anything, puts money back in your pocket. read more »
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Using Income Funds for Diversity and Revenue

One of the ways that you can build up your investment portfolio is to look into income funds. Income funds provide you an opportunity to build a reve[...] read more »
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Mutual funds underperform the benchmark

Here's some data showing that mutual funds have underperformed the benchmark: not all mutual funds but the average of all funds that underperform. read more »
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Does investment performance matter in a group plan?

When it comes to investing, performance is a key determinant for successful investing but is there really such a thing as the best investment? read more »
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Should You Buy A Dividend ETF?

Why spend all of that time researching individual dividend stocks when you can just buy a dividend ETF like CDZ or XDV? read more »
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What is a Bond? – The Basics On Bonds

What is a bond? Bonds typically move inversely to stocks. If stocks are down, bonds will be up. During stock market weakness, bonds will lessen portf[...] read more »
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Target Date Funds Make Investing Easy

Target Date Funds have become popular because they take care of asset allocation, rebalancing and shifting to a more conservative mix as you get olde[...] read more »
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Investing in Exchange Traded Funds: 4 Things You Should Know

Looking to invest in ETF's? If you are considering investing in ETF's here are 4 things you should know about them. read more »
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Vanguard comes to Canada: Mutual fund price war?

Will Vanguard start a price war on mutual funds in Canada? Here's what some of the personal finance experts have to say. read more »
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