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AI, technology, asset management and your job

How machine learning is changing the industry

By Mark Yamada |May 11, 2018

3 min read

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Country of the month: Costa Rica

Natural paradise can also be tax heaven

May 11, 2018

6 min read

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Delivering on dividends

How will a reliable telecom fare in a rising rate environment?

By Mark Burgess |May 11, 2018

8 min read

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Investor protections keep crumbling

Livent case casts doubt on shareholder rights

By Al and Mark Rosen |May 11, 2018

3 min read

BMO launches ETF focusing on tech and new media companies

BMO Asset Management has launched an ETF focused on technology innovation and new media trends in the communication services sector. The BMO Global Communications Index ETF is the first in Canada to give investors access to companies in the communications equipment, gaming software, media and publishing services, telecommunications and web-based data sectors, a BMO release […]

By Staff |May 8, 2018

1 min read

ETF trading competition begins

Would your client like to try their hand at trading ETFs, risk free? Now may be the time. Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. and National Bank Direct Brokerage (NBDB) have launched the eighth edition of the Biggest Winner trading competition, a simulated ETF investment contest. Read: How to use ETF Facts The competition gives eligible […]

By Staff |May 7, 2018

2 min read

Investing during tough times for trade

If investors are concerned about Canada’s competitiveness in the face of U.S. fiscal stimulus and tax reform—as well as trade protectionism—they’re in good company. The Bank of Canada noted in its April monetary policy report that U.S. GDP growth, and weaker investment and exports are among risks to its inflation outlook. In a weekly financial […]

By Staff |May 7, 2018

5 min read

Does your client understand these risks?

Your client probably understands that stocks are risky; however, risk doesn’t stop there. Focusing exclusively on equity market risk while ignoring other types can have negative consequences for portfolios. “Investments that are lower in equity market risk can often have higher risk from other factors or exposures,” says a market insight report from Richardson GMP. […]

By Staff |May 7, 2018

4 min read

Investments

AI, technology, asset management and your job

Country of the month: Costa Rica

Delivering on dividends

Investor protections keep crumbling

How to invest amid Canada’s pipeline problems

Why the TSX looks attractive

BMO launches ETF focusing on tech and new media companies

ETF trading competition begins

Investing during tough times for trade

Does your client understand these risks?