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How much active share is appropriate?

If active share is too low in a portfolio, you could seem more like an enhanced index manager.

By Staff |August 2, 2016

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Canada’s 10 highest-yielding dividend stocks for 2016

The blame for the sub-zero performance of last year’s top 10 dividend payers, ranked by Canadian Business in its annual Investor 500 guide, fell squarely on a single stock.

By Staff |July 14, 2016

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How and why to use derivatives: IMCA conference

There are eight main reasons to use derivatives, says John Hull, a professor at the Rotman School of Management.

By Staff |June 14, 2016

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Life annuities: Consider liquidity risks

Investors may want guaranteed income, but consider whether they need liquidity.

June 7, 2016

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How smart has your beta been lately?

Despite overwhelming evidence that active managers underperform their benchmarks, Yale professors Martijn Cremers and Antti Petajisto offer evidence that not only can active management outperform (we knew that), but that predicting successful active manager performance in advance is also possible. We examine these claims pursuant to smart/alternative beta ETFs in Canada, and study recent down-cycle […]

By Mark Yamada |May 13, 2016

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