The S&P 500 is flat year-to-date as of December 5th. The performance of the S&P/TSX Composite Index of Canada has been worse with a loss of 9.8% YTD.However it must be noted that Canadian equities have performed better than US stocks in the long run. The yield on the S&P 500 stands at about 2.15%. …
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Fidelity Invesments’ Viewpoints recently published an interview with Doug Lober, manager of Fidelity Canada Fund (FICDX). In the interview Doug discusses the strong performance of the Canadian equity market relative to other developed markets and some of the opportunities that await investors north of the border. From the article titled Canada: Land of opportunity?: Developed …
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The Canadian banking system remained strong and stable during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008. Unlike many European and American banks, banks in Canada did not require any form of bailout and the regulatory system won praise from many countries and global institutions such as the IMF. Since then however some have raised doubts …
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The Canadian economy is one-tenth of the size of the U.S. economy. The Canadian banking system was largely unaffected by the global credit crisis and the country is in a relatively strong fiscal position than the U.S. The outstanding public debt of Canada stood at$563,068,532,455.00 CDN (or) C$563.0 billion as of July 22, 2011. The …
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The Globe and Mail recently published an interesting article on Canadian dividend growth stocks. With research help from Morningstar CPMS, the article revealed three lists with different views on dividend growth. From the article: One includes the Canadian stocks that have increased dividends in each of the past 10 years, and another covers 15 stocks …