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5 Tips Online Investors Should Know + MORE Nov 17th
Online Investing is a very intriguing field. If done properly, it can change your life forever. However, starting your online investing career can be very difficult and you will face a lot of challenges and questions. After doing a lot of research in this field, we have figured out some tips that ca.... More »
GameStop stock sees price drops after restrictions put on trades - CBC News: The National Jan 29th
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US-China tension laid bare at Asian economic summit - Financial Times Nov 18th
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Freshii shares down on earnings miss + MORE Aug 10th
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Glitch causes prices of Amazon, Google, other stocks to appear off
– theglobeandmail.com
Certain shares appeared to be priced at $123.47 on some financial news websites on Monday evening
Why investors should avoid dividend stocks
– theglobeandmail.com
A roundup of what The Globe and Mail’s market strategist Scott Barlow is reading today on the Web
TORONTO – The Canadian government is going to apologize and give millions to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan when he was 15, with Canada’s Supreme Court later ruling that officials had interrogated him under “oppressive circumstances.”
An official familiar with the deal said Tuesday that Omar Khadr will receive 10.5 million Canadian dollars (US$8 million). The official was not authorized to discuss the deal publicly before the announcement and spoke on condition of anonymity. The government and Khadr’s lawyers negotiated the deal last month.
MORE: Omar Khadr’s millions: The fight for financial damages
The Canadian-born Khadr was 15 when he was captured by U.S. troops following a firefight at a suspected al-Qaida compound in Afghanistan that resulted in the death of an American special forces medic, U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Christopher Speer. Khadr, who was suspected of throwing the grenade that killed Speer, was taken to Guantanamo and ultimately charged with war crimes by a military commission…
RBC Gets Back to Basics With New ETFs
– CanadianCouchPotato.com
When RBC entered the ETF marketplace back in 2011, it tested the waters with a family of specialized bond ETFs. Since then they’ve created a number of equity ETFs, all with active strategies. However, RBC recently filed a preliminary prospectus for a new family of plain old index ETFs covering the core asset classes you’ll find in a classic Couch Potato portfolio.
Normally the appearance of more “me too” ETFs wouldn’t be newsworthy, but RBC’s entry is interesting for a couple of reasons. First, the new lineup will include at least one unique product: a global bond ETF. And second, it will significantly improve the bank’s lineup of index mutual funds.
I’ll discuss the mutual funds in my next post. For now let’s look at RBC’s seven new ETFs, which will hit the market in early September. The four equity ETFs are traditional cap-weighted funds of large and midcap stocks:
Normally the appearance of more “me too” ETFs wouldn’t be newsworthy, but RBC’s entry is interesting for a couple of reasons. First, the new lineup will include at least one unique product: a global bond ETF. And second, it will significantly improve the bank’s lineup of index mutual funds.
I’ll discuss the mutual funds in my next post. For now let’s look at RBC’s seven new ETFs, which will hit the market in early September. The four equity ETFs are traditional cap-weighted funds of large and midcap stocks:
ETF name
Ticker
Benchmark index
RBC Canadian Equity Index ETF
RCAN
FTSE Canada All Cap Domestic Index
RBC U…
