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Biotech stocks: are they worth a shot? May 25th
There’s a hot new investment on the market that wouldn’t have been on many people’s radars only a few weeks ago: COVD-19 vaccine-makers. Since March 16, when quarantine began in earnest, Moderna, a Cambridge company that’s making a novel coronavirus vaccine, has climbed by 244%. Novavax, a R.... More »
Caribbean islands begin preparations for Hurricane Irma - CTV News Sep 3rd
CTV NewsCaribbean islands begin preparations for Hurricane IrmaCTV NewsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Islands at the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea made preparations Sunday for approaching Hurricane Irma, a Category 3 storm that could threaten the area beginning Tuesday. Hurricane watches were posted fo.... More »
‘See people, not the virus’: HIV Edmonton aims to end stigma on World Aids Day - CTV News Dec 2nd
‘See people, not the virus’: HIV Edmonton aims to end stigma on World Aids Day CTV NewsMessage from the Minister of Health and the Minister of Indigenous Services on World AIDS Day and Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week canada.caHIV rates on the rise since start of COVID-19 pan.... More »
'We are alive with hope': Iranians look for nuclear deal to lift 'paralyzed' economy + MORE Jun 30th
Stung by sanctions and recession, Iranian investors have one eye on the country's stock exchange, and the other on the international talks about the country's nuclear program..... More »
Carrick best reads: Money lessons my dad taught me + MORE Jun 19th
The best of the web on money, markets and all things financial, as chosen daily by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick
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An antidote for the falling loonie: Pape
– thestar.com
Both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average have hit new records several times this year but there’s probably still more upside. You might want to take a look at American dividend-paying stocks as an investment.Are there really no ‘pure’ index investors?
– moneysense.ca
A Reuters article I tweeted this week bears the intriguing title (and assertion) that “There are no pure index investors.”
The key passage is this one:
The big lie about being an index investor, however, is that it is possible to be one in a pure sense, as opposed to an investor who uses indexing as a tool. There are no pure indexers: everyone, like it or not, is an asset allocator, or asset picker if you prefer.
As I noted here last week in Core & Expore Redux, I certainly agree there are very few “pure” indexing investors, whether they use index mutual funds or ETFs (exchange-traded funds). Even if average retail investors “get” the idea of low-cost passive asset-class investing, most of them still tend to mix it up with both indexing and individual securities. This is a strategy called “Core and Explore.” Preet Banerjee wrote an excellent story on this last year in MoneySense magazine.
There are pure indexing purists and pundits
However, as I also said at the Motley Fool—Is it Possible to Successfully Blend Stock-Picking and Indexing?—I think there are many indexing “purists” among some financial advisers who “get it…
The key passage is this one:
The big lie about being an index investor, however, is that it is possible to be one in a pure sense, as opposed to an investor who uses indexing as a tool. There are no pure indexers: everyone, like it or not, is an asset allocator, or asset picker if you prefer.
As I noted here last week in Core & Expore Redux, I certainly agree there are very few “pure” indexing investors, whether they use index mutual funds or ETFs (exchange-traded funds). Even if average retail investors “get” the idea of low-cost passive asset-class investing, most of them still tend to mix it up with both indexing and individual securities. This is a strategy called “Core and Explore.” Preet Banerjee wrote an excellent story on this last year in MoneySense magazine.
There are pure indexing purists and pundits
However, as I also said at the Motley Fool—Is it Possible to Successfully Blend Stock-Picking and Indexing?—I think there are many indexing “purists” among some financial advisers who “get it…
3.5 year – 2.20%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-10-20. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Urban Compass hires record-setting Manhattan broker in expansion
– theglobeandmail.com
Kyle Blackmon brokered the $88-million sale of former Citigroup Inc. chairman Sandy Weill’s penthouse at 15 Central Park West
The latest decision by Royal Bank to exit its international business in the Caribbean is another sign that Canadian banks are cutting their losses in the region and cleaning house, an analyst said Friday after RBC confirmed its making changes at its wealth management division.
