Fall 2022
Market corrections can come out of nowhere. Investors generally felt optimistic when 2022 began, following a banner year of equity mutual fund performance
Summer 2022
When markets are volatile, everyone’s pleased with the upswings, perhaps eagerly checking out their mutual fund performance. But the downswings can be another story. Maybe those portfolio balances still get checked, but nervously.
Spring 2022
It’s quite easy to end up with mutual funds in different places. You might have joined a group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) through an employer. Or opened Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) or Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) at your bank. It could be other investments too...
Winter 2022
Are you looking to make a lump-sum contribution to your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) this year? Maybe a top-up to increase a potential tax refund?
Fall 2021
Canadians amassed $212 billion in savings last year, versus $18 billion in 2019, according to Statistics Canada. So far, most of us have simply been sitting on the savings or paying down consumer debt. If you stashed your cash in a bank savings account, you’ll likely have been disappointed at how little you earned on those savings...
Summer 2021
As the pandemic situation began to improve with the launch of vaccination programs in many major economies, market watchers and economists began to raise the spectre of inflation. A rapid economic recovery, fueled by unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus and economies reopening with consumers flush with unspent earnings all signalled that inflationary pressure, long dormant, might resurface.