Ryan Webster, Investment Executive

Dividends can cushion your portfolio in volatile markets

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…

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A Frosty Start To 2008

Written February 2nd, 2008 in New Items

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.…

Volatile Markets

Written January 22nd, 2008 in New Items

Winter 2008 Update

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…

Goodbye 2007, Hello 2008

Written January 11th, 2008 in New Items

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…

RRSP 2008

Written January 1st, 2008 in New Items

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…

What will happen to my child when I’m gone?

Written December 11th, 2007 in New Items

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…

December Update

Written December 1st, 2007 in New Items

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…

Hedge Funds at the Center of Recent Volatility

Written November 15th, 2007 in New Items

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…

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