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Trudeau announces two-way investment deal with India worth $1-billion + MORE Feb 20th
The news came after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent his third morning in India meeting with six of this country’s most influential business tycoons
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Real estate: Three experts, one night, zero agreement + MORE Apr 29th
Jeff Rubin, author of The Carbon Bubble. Photographed on May 13, 2015. (Rick Madonik/Toronto Star/Getty Images)
When Jeff Rubin gave advice on Toronto real estate this week, the only thing polished was his shoes. Waving his fist clenched around a paper he wrote in 1989 as evidence, he chided the Ba.... More »
Cowboy Venture’s Amanda Robson Is Helping Women Founders Secure Funding Oct 18th
Amanda Robson, originally from Ancaster, Ont., is a powerhouse in Silicon Valley. In November 2020, she led a US$3.2-million investment round in a securities-software company called Drata, now worth US$1 billion. When she’s not crushing it as a newly minted (and the youngest ever) partner at Cowbo.... More »
90 days - 1.75% + MORE Sep 20th
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-06-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online..... More »
Year end tax tips and financial housekeeping + MORE Dec 13th
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Geez, right around the corner isn’t it?
The holiday season signals the end of something old and the beginning of something new. It’s a great time of year to spend time with family and friends, after .... More »
4.5 year – 2.70%
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This GIC rate is offered by Outlook Financial and was updated on 2013-10-30. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
TORONTO – Fairfax Financial is no longer offering to buy BlackBerry outright and BlackBerry…
CTV NewsBlackBerry bidders expected to emerge as Fairfax wraps due diligenceCTV NewsTORONTO — BlackBerry has been shopping for potential buyers, and today it could become more clear who's interested in bidding on the struggling smartphone company. Fairfax Financial, the investment firm that made a conditional $4.7-billion offer for …BlackBerry-Fairfax deal dies; Thorsten Heins outThe Globe and MailBlackBerry abandons sale, CEO Thorsten Heins outToronto StarFairfax deal to buy BlackBerry falls throughCanada.comMacleans.ca -Ottawa Citizen -DigitalJournal.comall 207 news articles »
Fairfax Financial’s $4.7-billion deal to purchase BlackBerry is on hold, but the company has agreed to invest in the troubled smartphone maker as it restructures.
Going on a Factor-Finding Mission
– CanadianCouchPotato.com
Pick up almost any financial magazine or newspaper and you’ll find full-page ads touting the recent performance of mutual funds and ETFs. What’s the reason for their outperformance? The fund companies will give the credit to the genius of the manager, but there’s a way you can tease out a more complete explanation: it’s called factor analysis.Don’t worry, I’m not going to get all mathy on you—well, maybe a little bit. Performing this kind of analysis is complicated, but understanding the basic ideas doesn’t require a a Ph.D. in statistics. We know investment returns come from exposure to known risk factors (or premiums), and every equity portfolio is exposed to these in varying degrees. What we want to learn is how much each factor contributed to the fund’s returns. If the fund outperformed or underperformed its benchmark, factor analysis can tell you why.
Just the factors, ma’am
What are the risk factors? The first is the market premium (or equity premium), which is simply the expected excess return from stocks compared with risk-free investments like T-bills…
