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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