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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Is China’s economy slowing down?
– investitwisely.com
Shanghai, China, 2010.China has been an economic powerhouse for decades and a massive driver of growth and sources of investment around the world. However, as one of the world’s largest economies, it appears to be slowing as it matures.
There are a variety of signs and potential reasons. Trade tensions between China and the US are at least partially at fault. The US President has been adversarial toward China, and America isn’t the only foreign power that has its concerns. China’s human rights record has been less than stellar. Chinese President Xi Jinping recently moved into a lifetime post, which is a concerning development to say the least. While his plans for China are grand, the scale of his vision is alarming to outside powers. Its deadlines and ambitious growth targets seem to be fueling a slowdown instead of growth, though.
All the same, lifetime political terms make democratic nations nervous, with their overtones of dictatorship, and the Western world has long looked askance at China’s communist heritage…
