Bonds are be an integral part of a well diversified portfolio. While equities can generate amazing returns when equity markets are booming but can decline when markets turn south. Bonds on the other hand, tend to earn average returns when bonds markets do well and their negative returns during other times are low. In addition, …
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The Periodic Table of Commodities Returns chart for 2024 was published by U.S. Global Investors recently. This handy one-pager provides an overview of the returns of various commodities over the year. In 2024, the best performing commodity was Gold with a return of over 26%. This is the second year in a row that the …
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The Latin American population in Canada tripled in the years from 1996 to 2021. However Latin American immigration to the country is much lower when compared to South Asian immigration. During the same 25-year period, South Asian immigration nearly quadrupled and the total population of South Asians stood at over 2.5 million. Click to enlarge …
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Consuming high quantities of sugar is not good for health. For example, obesity is a major disease affecting millions of people especially in developed countries. Obesity is one type of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is caused by excessive sugar intake. Some of the other diseases classified under metabolic syndrome are type 2 diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, lipid …