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Millennial love for Snapchat extends to Snap’s stock + MORE Mar 12th
For some young investors, loyalty to one of their favorite apps matters more than financial details in the case of Snap Inc
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Royal Bank of Canada Lifts Dividend With Jump in Quarterly Earnings - The Wall Street Journal + MORE Dec 3rd
Royal Bank of Canada Lifts Dividend With Jump in Quarterly Earnings The Wall Street JournalRBC hikes profitability target after posting 29% jump in fourth-quarter earnings The Globe and MailRBC CEO warns of economic uncertainty as bank profit beats expectations Finan.... More »
How to Start Investing When You Have No Idea What You’re Doing Feb 10th
Investing is a good idea no matter how old you are or where you are in life. But how do you start investing when you don’t know what you’re doing? If the idea of investing scares you, here are the basics you need to know.
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Tesla Stock Rises After Analyst Price Target Increase. So Much for the Bear Market. - Barron's Jan 3rd
Tesla Stock Rises After Analyst Price Target Increase. So Much for the Bear Market. Barron'sCanaccord boosts Tesla price target, calls 2025 'year of the robot' Yahoo FinanceTesla reports first-ever drop in annual deliveries CNBC2024 sees Tesla sales drop for first ti.... More »
OSC proposal could push investment firms to trim services, industry warns
– theglobeandmail.com
OSC proposal of implementing investment-advisory standards could force financial firms to cut back the range of services they offer
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The boom of the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) industry over the last decade has been great for many financial firms but also great for retail investors. Many ETFs help investors simplify their portfolio and keep their investing costs low. These are two hallmark traits of successful investing, along with long-term discipline and diversification.
In recent years the ETF industry has started to shift away from fundamental investing to make smart beta products accessible to the retail investor. What the heck is beta? What is smart beta? What could smart beta ETFs mean for the health of your portfolio?
I recently got a chance to sit down with David Barber, Vice President of National Accounts at First Asset Management to learn more about smart beta ETFs, for this comprehensive interview, and how they can help you.
David, thanks for this. In layman’s terms I understand beta this way – the tendency of a security (i.e., a stock or a bond) to respond to market swings…
The boom of the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) industry over the last decade has been great for many financial firms but also great for retail investors. Many ETFs help investors simplify their portfolio and keep their investing costs low. These are two hallmark traits of successful investing, along with long-term discipline and diversification.
In recent years the ETF industry has started to shift away from fundamental investing to make smart beta products accessible to the retail investor. What the heck is beta? What is smart beta? What could smart beta ETFs mean for the health of your portfolio?
I recently got a chance to sit down with David Barber, Vice President of National Accounts at First Asset Management to learn more about smart beta ETFs, for this comprehensive interview, and how they can help you.
David, thanks for this. In layman’s terms I understand beta this way – the tendency of a security (i.e., a stock or a bond) to respond to market swings…
Why 2017 may be the year stock pickers get revenge, a shining copper miner, and GICs to avoid
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A roundup of investment ideas for active investors
Alberta has plunged to 43rd place in its attractiveness to global oil and gas investors, a report by the Fraser Institute suggests.
A tweet from president-elect Donald Trump calling on the U.S. government to scrap an order with Boeing Co. for the development of a replacement for the Air Force One jet temporarily knocked about $1 billion US off the stock market value of the aircraft maker.
