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Toronto housing market downturn to be short lived, federal housing agency says + MORE Jul 27th
The recent downturn in Toronto’s real estate market, brought on after Ontario introduced measures this spring including a foreign buyers’ tax, is expected to be brief, the federal housing agency said Wednesday.
Property prices in the city _ which fell from an average of $919,589 in April.... More »
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This is what Toronto's downtown looked like during an electrical fire - CBC.ca + MORE May 2nd
CBC.caThis is what Toronto's downtown looked like during an electrical fireCBC.caThe subway grates rattled and the sky filled with black, brown and purple smoke as a series of explosions shook King Street West Monday afternoon. Explosion. Crews were able to contain the fire within about an hour.... More »
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UK food prices to rise as pound drop stirs grocers dispute + MORE Oct 13th
LONDON – Consumer goods giant Unilever says prices in Britain on cherished items like Marmite spread are likely to rise after the sharp drop in the value of the pound following Britain’s decision to leave the European Unison.
But the company’s finance chief, Graeme Pitkethly, said .... More »
5.5 year – 2.70%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Outlook Financial and was updated on 2013-03-14. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Is it worth it being a Boglehead?
– myownadvisor.ca
Over the last few weeks, there were some opposing views about index investing written in the Globe and Mail. In a column entitled Can a Boglehead Approach to Investing Work? the following was written:
“Those who like the idea of simply owning index funds because of the low cost need to be cautious, says Vancouver’s Lori Pinkowski, portfolio manager and senior vice-president, private client group, at Raymond James-Pinkowski-Allen Financial Group. “They are like any other investment and need to be actively managed,” Ms. Pinkowski says. “For example, if you bought a US Equity index in 2000 it would have taken you almost 13 years to make any money on it. I can’t imagine investors would be happy with that.”
No money made over 13 years in U.S. equities? Is that the power and returns that comes with indexing?
“Bogleheads” take their name from Vanguard Group founder John Bogle who favours a low-cost, simplified approach to investing using products that track the index instead of trying to beat it…
“Those who like the idea of simply owning index funds because of the low cost need to be cautious, says Vancouver’s Lori Pinkowski, portfolio manager and senior vice-president, private client group, at Raymond James-Pinkowski-Allen Financial Group. “They are like any other investment and need to be actively managed,” Ms. Pinkowski says. “For example, if you bought a US Equity index in 2000 it would have taken you almost 13 years to make any money on it. I can’t imagine investors would be happy with that.”
No money made over 13 years in U.S. equities? Is that the power and returns that comes with indexing?
“Bogleheads” take their name from Vanguard Group founder John Bogle who favours a low-cost, simplified approach to investing using products that track the index instead of trying to beat it…
REITs take a back seat in real estate market
– theglobeandmail.com
Pensions and private equity firms pick up deal-making slack
4.5 year – 2.45%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Outlook Financial and was updated on 2013-03-14. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Chinese regulators blame trading frenzy that roiled stock markets on computer design error
– canadianbusiness.com
BEIJING, China – A trading frenzy that caused Chinese stock prices to swing wildly last week was caused by a design flaw in a brokerage’s computer, the market regulator said Sunday.
The avalanche of orders Friday from Everbright Securities Ltd. caused China’s main market index to surge nearly 6 per cent in 3 minutes before it dropped back. It ended the day down 0.6 per cent.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission said its investigators concluded the buying frenzy was not the result of human error. It said Everbright’s computer system had design flaws in systems that should limit orders and prices.
A statement on the agency’s website gave no indication whether Everbright might face penalties.
Everbright’s orders caused trading volume to spike up more than 50 per cent above Thursday’s level. Prices of major companies such as PetroChina Ltd. and state-owned banks surged by their maximum daily limit of 10 per cent before falling back.
Everbright’s orders totalled 23…
The avalanche of orders Friday from Everbright Securities Ltd. caused China’s main market index to surge nearly 6 per cent in 3 minutes before it dropped back. It ended the day down 0.6 per cent.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission said its investigators concluded the buying frenzy was not the result of human error. It said Everbright’s computer system had design flaws in systems that should limit orders and prices.
A statement on the agency’s website gave no indication whether Everbright might face penalties.
Everbright’s orders caused trading volume to spike up more than 50 per cent above Thursday’s level. Prices of major companies such as PetroChina Ltd. and state-owned banks surged by their maximum daily limit of 10 per cent before falling back.
Everbright’s orders totalled 23…
