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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4.5 year - 2.50% + MORE Feb 7th
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-06-13. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online..... More »
Prominent jazz record producer Larry Rosen, co-founder of GRP label, dies at 75 + MORE Oct 10th
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Larry Rosen, one of the most influential and tech-savvy modern jazz producers who co-founded GRP Records with pianist Dave Grusin, died Friday, his publicist said. He was 75.
Rosen, who had been battling brain cancer, died surrounded by his family at his home in Park Ridge, Ne.... More »
Podcast 15: The Value of Simple Mar 17th
The latest episode of the Canadian Couch Potato podcast focuses on the relationship between cost and complexity in your investment plan.
You can often lower fees in your portfolio with a few simple changes that require no additional skill or effort. But there are times when accepting slightly hi.... More »
What does high inflation mean for your retirement savings? + MORE Jan 4th
Welcome to The Fourth Estate, our new column that looks at investing and retirement planning through a journalistic lens, asking the questions of who, what, where, when and, of course, why. For our first article, financial planner and writer Robb Engen looks at how high inflation affects investments.... More »
Losing ground: Why Canada’s grip on U.S. real estate is slipping + MORE Oct 29th
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Canadian pension funds, insurance companies and investment firms began a near-decade-long U.S. commercial real estate spending spree that has been unmatched by any country. Until now.
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4.5 year – 2.50%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-06-13. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Congress moves toward easing bank, Wall Street rules imposed after financial crisis
– canadianbusiness.com
WASHINGTON – More than six years after the financial crisis struck, the House is moving toward softening a post-crisis law that brought the strictest rules for banks and Wall Street since the 1930s.
Under a veto threat from the White House, the bill pushed by the newly bulked-up Republican majority came under discussion in the House on Tuesday for the second time in less than a week. This time it’s likely to pass, with a vote expected Wednesday that would advance a Republican priority.
The bill would alter sections of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul. Most notably, it would give U.S. banks two extra years — until 2019 — to ensure that their holdings of certain complex and risky securities don’t put them out of compliance with a new banking rule.
In debate Tuesday night in a nearly empty House chamber, Democratic lawmakers denounced the move as a giveaway to the largest U.S. banks, which hold the bulk of the securities in question.
Rep. Maxine Waters of California, senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, called it “this gift to a handful of the biggest Wall Street banks…
Under a veto threat from the White House, the bill pushed by the newly bulked-up Republican majority came under discussion in the House on Tuesday for the second time in less than a week. This time it’s likely to pass, with a vote expected Wednesday that would advance a Republican priority.
The bill would alter sections of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul. Most notably, it would give U.S. banks two extra years — until 2019 — to ensure that their holdings of certain complex and risky securities don’t put them out of compliance with a new banking rule.
In debate Tuesday night in a nearly empty House chamber, Democratic lawmakers denounced the move as a giveaway to the largest U.S. banks, which hold the bulk of the securities in question.
Rep. Maxine Waters of California, senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, called it “this gift to a handful of the biggest Wall Street banks…
90 days – 1.75%
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This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-12-19. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Former Xstrata CEO mulls bid for Vale nickel mines
– theglobeandmail.com
Sources say Mick Davis’s X2 Resources has been hunting for assets from the world’s largest miners
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.
