High-quality, dividend-paying equities can moderate the effects of market volatility on your portfolio in uncertain times.
Investing in dividend-paying companies means that, for the most part, you are choosing high-quality investments. That’s because dividends are a portion of profits, so…
No sooner had 2008 begun before investors hit the sell button, and hit they did, and they hit it repeatedly throughout the month. As poor U.S. economic data continued to trickle out confirming that the world’s largest economy was slowing.…
Volatility in global financial markets has increased substantially over the past six months, beginning with the equity market downturn at the beginning of the summer of 2007. Equity markets did briefly recover much of their losses, but…
First of all, 2007 was certainly not a year in which we could label as “predictable.” Although it does not surprise us that the TSX will finish the year in positive territory, we would have never predicted the path that…
You may have read an article in your local newspaper about why contributing into your RRSP on a monthly basis is a bad idea. In my opinion here is the top 3 reasons why contributing into your RRSP monthly is…
Henson Trust: Providing for a disabled family member
It’s something that is always on the mind of parents, “what will happen to my children if something happens to me?” This question can prove to be even more of a worry…
Over the last month we continued to see the same patterns in the markets as we have seeing for a while. The market continues to be volatile in nature and has tendencies to over react to any negative news. The…
As we ended the third quarter the U.S. equity market soared back into record territory seemingly ignoring one of the largest credit events in more than a generation. What caused the volatility in financial markets during the summer and was…