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David Friend
The Toronto stock market revived from a 500-point tumble Thursday morning but was still showing deep triple-digit losses as mining stocks crumbled and the banking industry revealed more bad news.
Investing for profit - and for good
Marc Kielburger
Craig Kielburger
Steve Schueth might abstain from alcohol, tobacco and gambling. But he's not trying to convince you to do the same.
Marc Kielburger
Craig Kielburger
Steve Schueth might abstain from alcohol, tobacco and gambling. But he's not trying to convince you to do the same.
Why not be specific about risk levels?
Rudy Luukko
Risk is a simple four-letter word. But for investors, getting a handle on the riskiness of a fund isn't so simple.
Rudy Luukko
Risk is a simple four-letter word. But for investors, getting a handle on the riskiness of a fund isn't so simple.
GM loss would be ultimate blow to U.S. prestige
Bill Carrigan
Last Wednesday, the Dow gave up another 400 points in response to the Bush administration abandoning the centrepiece of its massive $700 billion (U.S.) economic rescue plan and exploring new ways to shore up not only banks but credit-card, auto-loan and ...
Bill Carrigan
Last Wednesday, the Dow gave up another 400 points in response to the Bush administration abandoning the centrepiece of its massive $700 billion (U.S.) economic rescue plan and exploring new ways to shore up not only banks but credit-card, auto-loan and ...
Investment Groupies
Jerry Langton
People are forming clubs and pooling their financial knowledge with the hope of getting a bigger bounce for their bucks.
Jerry Langton
People are forming clubs and pooling their financial knowledge with the hope of getting a bigger bounce for their bucks.
Head of the class
Anna Piekarski
When the technology market collapsed in 2001, Ram Balakrishnan watched his unrealized options become worthless.
Anna Piekarski
When the technology market collapsed in 2001, Ram Balakrishnan watched his unrealized options become worthless.
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Money 911
The undergraduate courses are over. Now it's time for a graduate degree. Welcome to Ellen Roseman's Money 911.
DRIPs, DRIPs, DRIPs
Talbot Boggs
Canadian investors looking for protection against a continuing period of volatility in the stock market are turning in increasing numbers to dividend-paying companies and Dividend Reinvestment ...
Balancing options
Jerry Langton
In the summer of 1996, Dilip Pradesh earned a $5,000 bonus. The Brooklyn-based graphic designer didn't need the cash, so he invested it in Apple.
Gambling on success
Jerry Langton
Seeking professional help is not admitting defeat, especially when it comes to investing.
How green are your investments?
Oliva Li
While most investors were turning a sickly green while watching their coveted stocks lose almost half their value these past few months, another group was making traditional ...
Tax-free savings accounts let investors off ...
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You have a whole lot of choice on what to put into your Tax-Free Savings Account.
Directing deposits
Naomi Carniol
After working with an investment advisor for years, you're curious about direct investing. Making your own investment decisions could save you money and bring you closer to the action. ...
Relief from RRIF rules good way to help seniors
Ellen Roseman
Canada's older people, hard hit by the market meltdown, don't want to deplete their savings prematurely.
Toronto stocks decline as oil, metals slide
Toronto stocks fell as commodity producers slid along with oil and metal prices on speculation a recession will sap demand for raw materials and hurt profits.
Trend line handy diviner of stock's future
Bill Carrigan
I have over the past several years conducted dozens of technical analysis seminars for private investors and various financial institutions. The objective is to ...
Trying to avoid the tide of uncertainty
Lisa Wright
Given the unbelievable market upheaval over the last month, boomers can't help but fear for their future.
Trail blazer unbowed by TSX carnage
James Daw
Derek "I retired at 34" Foster looks on the bright side of the stock market mayhem.
Working after retirement
Olivia Li
Jane Smith has been teaching second graders for over 17 years and every payday, a portion of her paycheque faithfully goes into her pension plan.
A helping hand
Jerry Langton
Dominic Perri got into retirement investing late in life, but he's trying to make up for it now.
Bordering on retirement
Jerry langton
It's extremely difficult for Canadian retirement investors to ignore the U.S. After all, having the world's biggest and most boisterous economy right at your doorstep – the overwhelming ...
Retiring the debt
Deborah Dundas
As it is during working years, so it is in retirement.
Making plans in advance
Naomi Carniol
For years, you've focused on saving for retirement, but what happens when you cross to the other side?
Talking the talk
Naomi Carniol
Reading about pensions can feel like you're reading a Dr. Seuss book. The complex terms and acronyms can seem like gobblegook to the uninitiated.
Looking for options
Alison Cunliffe
Figuring out whether to set up a TFSA may be one of the easiest investment decisions you'll ever make.
Hanging on to your nest egg
James Daw
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Earning their Trusts
Jerry Langton
It's ironic that the most feared word in individual investment is trust.
Targeting credit card debt
Jerry Langton
Canada's personal income taxes are among the world's highest, and don't look to be going down any time soon. But there are ways to reduce your own personal tax burden – without ...
Stocking up on the right investments
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Every day seems to bring new headlines about the stock markets' volatility. The media is alive with speculation about economic hard times and there have even been many ...
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Making an educated guess
Naomi Carniol
With university tuitions climbing, how do parents ensure they've got enough money set aside for their children's university education?
Give retirees break on RRIF withdrawal rules
Bruce Campion-Smith
Ottawa's arbitrary and "paternalistic" rules on retirement funds are pushing many seniors to sell stocks at a loss and deplete their nest eggs, ...
Covering your assets: A guide to CDIC protection
Ellen Roseman
In Canada, you're covered for up to $100,000 in losses if a member of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corp. goes under.
Online traders get to 'bond' with their investments
Deborah Dundas
While some investors are busy shopping around, trying to figure out how to cherry-pick stocks in the current volatile economic climate, others are staying ...
Staying plugged into the markets
Deborah Dundas
With stock markets going wild, investors have reacted in very different ways.
Real estate The key to retirement
Deborah Dundas
Given the current financial crisis on world markets, most people have been looking at their financial portfolios. But real estate generally makes up the bulk of a family's ...
Making sure numbers add up for retirement
Paul Brent
We've all heard the good news/bad news about retirement. People are living longer and, with a little bit of luck, could spend more years retired than they did working.
Recession fears set to hound markets
Investors anxiously awaited today's reopening of North American markets after last week's worldwide slide in stock prices and currency collapses on increasing fears ...
How 3 investors are coping with chaos
Ellen Roseman
Retiree Murray Soupcoff used to be an active investor, checking stock markets all day and making frequent changes to his portfolio.
Most downtrodden may be the first to rebound
Bill Carrigan
Most of us cool baby boomers will recall the 1975 Crisis? What Crisis? Supertramp album whose title was drawn from a line in the 1973 motion picture The Day ...
Focusing on art as investments
Naomi Carniol
Within Canada, Toronto is a photography mecca. The city is home to at least two artist-run galleries that focus on photography. Several downtown galleries are run by art dealers ...
U of T invests in the future
Olivia Li
Visit our Investing page to learn more about handling your money in these troubled economic times - everything from buying into the arts to becoming a "drip" ...
Investing: One `drip' at a time
Beth Marlin
Don't you just hate it when you finally run out of excuses and are forced to do something that's good for you? Like eat your veggies ... Or start investing?
A few easy steps to becoming a "drip" investor
Visit the DRiP Investing Resource Center at http://www.dripinvesting.org/Boards .
An age-old problem
Talbot Boggs
Tax free savings accounts (TFSAs) are coming soon to a financial institution near you.
Pinning hopes on mutual funds
Naomi Carniol
Type the term "mutual fund" into Google and you'll get more than 11 million results.
Ethical investing takes root
Jerry Langton
After many years of handling billions of dollars of public sector funds, Adil Sayeed knew that there was a growing desire among Canadians to make investments that not only ...
Stocking up on wine
Jerry Langton
If you were smart enough to buy a 60-year-old bottle of Macallan scotch in 1996 for $26,200 – and had the willpower not to drink it – you could have sold it 10 years later for $66,500.
At this rate, return on savings on the low ...
Ellen Roseman
Getting a decent return on your savings just became harder with the Bank of Canada's quarter-point rate cut yesterday.
Chasing down investment cash
Olivia Li
You've probably heard of speed dating, but what if, instead of singles seeking singles, it's entrepreneurs seeking investors?
Stock mayhem takes cue from Pulp Fiction
Bill Carrigan
Last week, while visiting a branch of Union Securities at the height of the stock market selling spree, I was confronted by the branch manager who asked: "Are ...
Tax-free savings set for takeoff
Ellen Roseman
There's nothing like a stock market plunge to make you warm to the idea of earning 2 to 3 per cent interest on your savings.
Talbot Boggs
Canadian investors looking for protection against a continuing period of volatility in the stock market are turning in increasing numbers to dividend-paying companies and Dividend Reinvestment ...
Balancing options
Jerry Langton
In the summer of 1996, Dilip Pradesh earned a $5,000 bonus. The Brooklyn-based graphic designer didn't need the cash, so he invested it in Apple.
Gambling on success
Jerry Langton
Seeking professional help is not admitting defeat, especially when it comes to investing.
How green are your investments?
Oliva Li
While most investors were turning a sickly green while watching their coveted stocks lose almost half their value these past few months, another group was making traditional ...
Tax-free savings accounts let investors off ...
Alison Cunliffe
You have a whole lot of choice on what to put into your Tax-Free Savings Account.
Directing deposits
Naomi Carniol
After working with an investment advisor for years, you're curious about direct investing. Making your own investment decisions could save you money and bring you closer to the action. ...
Relief from RRIF rules good way to help seniors
Ellen Roseman
Canada's older people, hard hit by the market meltdown, don't want to deplete their savings prematurely.
Toronto stocks decline as oil, metals slide
Toronto stocks fell as commodity producers slid along with oil and metal prices on speculation a recession will sap demand for raw materials and hurt profits.
Trend line handy diviner of stock's future
Bill Carrigan
I have over the past several years conducted dozens of technical analysis seminars for private investors and various financial institutions. The objective is to ...
Trying to avoid the tide of uncertainty
Lisa Wright
Given the unbelievable market upheaval over the last month, boomers can't help but fear for their future.
Trail blazer unbowed by TSX carnage
James Daw
Derek "I retired at 34" Foster looks on the bright side of the stock market mayhem.
Working after retirement
Olivia Li
Jane Smith has been teaching second graders for over 17 years and every payday, a portion of her paycheque faithfully goes into her pension plan.
A helping hand
Jerry Langton
Dominic Perri got into retirement investing late in life, but he's trying to make up for it now.
Bordering on retirement
Jerry langton
It's extremely difficult for Canadian retirement investors to ignore the U.S. After all, having the world's biggest and most boisterous economy right at your doorstep – the overwhelming ...
Retiring the debt
Deborah Dundas
As it is during working years, so it is in retirement.
Making plans in advance
Naomi Carniol
For years, you've focused on saving for retirement, but what happens when you cross to the other side?
Talking the talk
Naomi Carniol
Reading about pensions can feel like you're reading a Dr. Seuss book. The complex terms and acronyms can seem like gobblegook to the uninitiated.
Looking for options
Alison Cunliffe
Figuring out whether to set up a TFSA may be one of the easiest investment decisions you'll ever make.
Hanging on to your nest egg
James Daw
The shocking crash of stock market prices – in Canada an average of about 40 per cent between June and October – could spell financial ruin for someone who retired recently with ...
Earning their Trusts
Jerry Langton
It's ironic that the most feared word in individual investment is trust.
Targeting credit card debt
Jerry Langton
Canada's personal income taxes are among the world's highest, and don't look to be going down any time soon. But there are ways to reduce your own personal tax burden – without ...
Stocking up on the right investments
Jerry Langton
Every day seems to bring new headlines about the stock markets' volatility. The media is alive with speculation about economic hard times and there have even been many ...
Early retirement planning requires some tough ...
Paul Brent
If you are staring the prospect of retirement in the face, the good news is that you have plenty of company. Many of the older "Boomers", ...
Making an educated guess
Naomi Carniol
With university tuitions climbing, how do parents ensure they've got enough money set aside for their children's university education?
Give retirees break on RRIF withdrawal rules
Bruce Campion-Smith
Ottawa's arbitrary and "paternalistic" rules on retirement funds are pushing many seniors to sell stocks at a loss and deplete their nest eggs, ...
Covering your assets: A guide to CDIC protection
Ellen Roseman
In Canada, you're covered for up to $100,000 in losses if a member of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corp. goes under.
Online traders get to 'bond' with their investments
Deborah Dundas
While some investors are busy shopping around, trying to figure out how to cherry-pick stocks in the current volatile economic climate, others are staying ...
Staying plugged into the markets
Deborah Dundas
With stock markets going wild, investors have reacted in very different ways.
Real estate The key to retirement
Deborah Dundas
Given the current financial crisis on world markets, most people have been looking at their financial portfolios. But real estate generally makes up the bulk of a family's ...
Making sure numbers add up for retirement
Paul Brent
We've all heard the good news/bad news about retirement. People are living longer and, with a little bit of luck, could spend more years retired than they did working.
Recession fears set to hound markets
Investors anxiously awaited today's reopening of North American markets after last week's worldwide slide in stock prices and currency collapses on increasing fears ...
How 3 investors are coping with chaos
Ellen Roseman
Retiree Murray Soupcoff used to be an active investor, checking stock markets all day and making frequent changes to his portfolio.
Most downtrodden may be the first to rebound
Bill Carrigan
Most of us cool baby boomers will recall the 1975 Crisis? What Crisis? Supertramp album whose title was drawn from a line in the 1973 motion picture The Day ...
Focusing on art as investments
Naomi Carniol
Within Canada, Toronto is a photography mecca. The city is home to at least two artist-run galleries that focus on photography. Several downtown galleries are run by art dealers ...
U of T invests in the future
Olivia Li
Visit our Investing page to learn more about handling your money in these troubled economic times - everything from buying into the arts to becoming a "drip" ...
Investing: One `drip' at a time
Beth Marlin
Don't you just hate it when you finally run out of excuses and are forced to do something that's good for you? Like eat your veggies ... Or start investing?
A few easy steps to becoming a "drip" investor
Visit the DRiP Investing Resource Center at http://www.dripinvesting.org/Boards .
An age-old problem
Talbot Boggs
Tax free savings accounts (TFSAs) are coming soon to a financial institution near you.
Pinning hopes on mutual funds
Naomi Carniol
Type the term "mutual fund" into Google and you'll get more than 11 million results.
Ethical investing takes root
Jerry Langton
After many years of handling billions of dollars of public sector funds, Adil Sayeed knew that there was a growing desire among Canadians to make investments that not only ...
Stocking up on wine
Jerry Langton
If you were smart enough to buy a 60-year-old bottle of Macallan scotch in 1996 for $26,200 – and had the willpower not to drink it – you could have sold it 10 years later for $66,500.
At this rate, return on savings on the low ...
Ellen Roseman
Getting a decent return on your savings just became harder with the Bank of Canada's quarter-point rate cut yesterday.
Chasing down investment cash
Olivia Li
You've probably heard of speed dating, but what if, instead of singles seeking singles, it's entrepreneurs seeking investors?
Stock mayhem takes cue from Pulp Fiction
Bill Carrigan
Last week, while visiting a branch of Union Securities at the height of the stock market selling spree, I was confronted by the branch manager who asked: "Are ...
Tax-free savings set for takeoff
Ellen Roseman
There's nothing like a stock market plunge to make you warm to the idea of earning 2 to 3 per cent interest on your savings.
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