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What happens to an RESP when a family moves to the U.S.? + MORE May 8th
It’s a familiar story: a family builds their life in Vancouver, does all the right things, opens a registered education savings plan (RESP), contributes diligently, and collects the Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG). Then, an opportunity arises south of the border—a job offer, a lifestyl.... More »
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Why there are no ironclad investing rules, a tasty Canadian meal-kit stock, and the best bond funds
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A roundup of investment ideas for active investors
Auto sales to dip in most provinces, led by Ontario’s 3.1% drop: Scotiabank
– canadianbusiness.com
TORONTO _ Canadian sales of cars and light trucks this year are expected to dip from last year’s all-time high, mostly because of weaker economic conditions in Ontario, Scotiabank said Friday in a report.
The bank’s automotive outlook projected that 2018 could end a five-year string of successive records that included 2.04 million vehicles sold in 2017 _ largely fuelled by demand in Ontario as well as a revival in Prairie provinces last year as they overcame the oil-price crisis.
Scotiabank doesn’t forecast much of a pullback this year _ about 40,000 vehicles.
But the bank expects Ontario _ which has been the major driver behind recent growth _ will put the brakes to Canadian auto sales this year, accounting for about two-thirds of the national sales decline.
Ontario’s purchases will “ease off” partly because a softer real estate market in the province will erode use of home equity loans to purchase vehicles, Scotiabank economist Carlos Gomes said in an interview…
The bank’s automotive outlook projected that 2018 could end a five-year string of successive records that included 2.04 million vehicles sold in 2017 _ largely fuelled by demand in Ontario as well as a revival in Prairie provinces last year as they overcame the oil-price crisis.
Scotiabank doesn’t forecast much of a pullback this year _ about 40,000 vehicles.
But the bank expects Ontario _ which has been the major driver behind recent growth _ will put the brakes to Canadian auto sales this year, accounting for about two-thirds of the national sales decline.
Ontario’s purchases will “ease off” partly because a softer real estate market in the province will erode use of home equity loans to purchase vehicles, Scotiabank economist Carlos Gomes said in an interview…
What you need to know about tackling TFSAs, RRSPs, currencies and dividends
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With the March 1 RRSP deadline and the April tax deadlines approaching, many investors need to know the answers to these questions.
Pension fund manager OMERS earns 11.5 per cent return after all expenses in 2017
– canadianbusiness.com
TORONTO _ Pension fund manager OMERS earned an investment return of 11.5 per cent after all expenses last year, topping the 10.3 per cent result it posted in 2016.
The defined-benefit pension plan for Ontario’s municipal employees said all of its major asset classes performed well for the year.
OMERS public equity investments were up 14.7 per cent in 2017, while its total fixed income earned 4.3 per cent.
Private investments by the fund earned 11.6 per cent including 11.1 per cent by private equity, 12.3 per cent by infrastructure and 11.4 per cent by real estate.
The pension fund said it’s funded status in 2017 improved to 94 per cent, up from 93.4 per cent in 2016.
OMERS invests and administers pensions for members from municipalities, school boards, emergency services and local agencies across Ontario.
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The defined-benefit pension plan for Ontario’s municipal employees said all of its major asset classes performed well for the year.
OMERS public equity investments were up 14.7 per cent in 2017, while its total fixed income earned 4.3 per cent.
Private investments by the fund earned 11.6 per cent including 11.1 per cent by private equity, 12.3 per cent by infrastructure and 11.4 per cent by real estate.
The pension fund said it’s funded status in 2017 improved to 94 per cent, up from 93.4 per cent in 2016.
OMERS invests and administers pensions for members from municipalities, school boards, emergency services and local agencies across Ontario.
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A man walks past the Althingi Parliament building in Reykjavik, Iceland on October 24, 2017. (Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Getty Images)Michael Coren is a journalist and broadcaster, as well as the author of 16 books.
For a mostly barren island nation in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, Iceland—with a population that’s smaller than that of California’s twelfth most populous city, and a GDP that’s less than every state on the continental U.S.—has an outsize impact in global affairs. On Jan. 1, it became the first country to legislate equal pay for men and women, becoming a model for other countries, including Canada. And when Iceland’s bank system dramatically collapsed in 2008, its policy decisions offered lessons to other countries as they faced their own financial crises.
So when the Icelandic Parliament proposed a bill last week that would penalize a parent with up to six years in prison if they circumcise their baby or infant son for non-medical reasons—in other words, if the procedure is undertaken for religious purposes—people outside of Iceland took note, too…
