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Does your family business have an end game?
– theglobeandmail.com
For family businesses, strategic planning really begins and ends with a single powerful question: Why are you in business? The answer to this question will affect the quality of decision making by business families, as well as the bottom line. Does the family want to secure its prosperity and sustain its wealth over generations? Without a long term plan, things fall apart.
5.5 year – 2.65%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-11-07. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
60 days – 2.00%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-10-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
40 days – 2.75%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 0000-00-00. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Success secrets from the smart money
– moneysense.ca
(Getty Images)Difficult decisions get easier when we get advice from those whose judgment we respect. For investing decisions, I suggest taking a page from the handbook of pension fund managers.
To be sure, many institutional strategies aren’t suited to you and me, but we can all learn from the smart money. For almost eight years, Doug Cronk has used his blog (dougcronk.wordpress.com) to make that argument. Cronk has spent 25 years in money management, most recently as director of client relations for Alberta Investment Management (AIMCo), which manages more than $75 billion in institutional funds. Here are some of the success secrets he’s learned over the years.
Asset allocation is paramount. Open the annual report of any pension fund and you’ll find a pie chart displaying the portion of the fund invested in Canadian stocks, foreign stocks, bonds, real estate and other asset classes. That mix—not the specific investments you select—will have the greatest influence on a portfolio’s long-term performance…
