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Equities fuel 9.3% return for Quebec pension fund manager in 2017

Quebec’s Caisse de dépôt pension fund manager has released its financial results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017. The annualized weighted average return on its clients’ funds is 9.3% for 2017, and 10.2% over a period of five years. In 2017 net investment results were $24.6 billion. Net deposits totalled $3.2 billion. Over five […]

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |February 21, 2018

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Don’t expect economic high from cannabis legalization: economist

Investors expecting a windfall once cannabis is legalized might be left waiting to exhale. “This industry will […] remain rather marginal, with few direct effects on the Canadian economy,” says Desjardins senior economist Benoit P. Durocher in an economics report. Read: Small caps about more than cannabis in 2018 He’s referring to preliminary results from […]

By Staff |February 21, 2018

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Managing an investment property in a down market

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Managing an investment property in a down market

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By Suzanne Yar Khan |February 17, 2018

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Country of the month: Mexico

A look at investment opportunities

By Sara Tatelman |February 17, 2018

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