The “Big Five” Canadian banks offer investment funds and include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Let’s explore the best place for you to invest.
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40 days – 2.75%
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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.
90 days – 2.00%
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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.
60 days – 2.00%
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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.
3.5 year – 2.30%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Norway on Horns of a Fossil Fuel Dilemma
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You gotta love the irony of the situation. Norway has been considering a change in the investment policy of its giant $800 billion national wealth fund by divesting all its holdings of fossil fuel companies to help stop climate change. Guess where the $800 billion came from? That’s right, from its North Sea oil.They are not gonna divest however, as they think it would not be effective. They plan instead to “influence from inside” by working directly with bad companies. That’s a relief since the fund on average owns 1.3% of every developed public market equity and a sale of those assets would probably knock back Canada’s energy and coal mining companies yet more.Mind, there is another solution to the Norwegians’ dilemma with their “ill-gotten wealth” that would relieve their collective conscience. Could they not just give the money away to poor African countries?
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