From the category archives:
As of January 1, 2011, Bell Aliant Regional Communication Income Fund Unites (TSX: BA.UN) will complete the conversion from an income trust structure to a corporate structure.
Changes to Canadian taxation rules that come into effect on January 1st entail that Canadian income trusts will now be subject to taxation just as if they were corporations. [...]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Last week I looked at what would be my top three picks for Canadian stocks that Americans would do well to start out with, especially if they would like to diversify their currency risk.
At a reader’s suggestion I thought I should look across the border in the other direction at U.S. stocks that still hold [...]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
There are always broader economic and financial factors that affect the markets – fiscal and monetary policy decisions being one – but don’t overlook the factors that come from elsewhere – pure innovation, be it cultural or technological, that can also come to change the investing landscape over time.
The following are a few of the [...]
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Whether we’re in a bull or bear market, it always helps to have a portion of your portfolio in defensive stocks, so-called because of the relative protection they offer from price volatility and many business and market risks. This is not to say that there are no risks involved with defensive stocks. Any company is [...]
-{ Comments on this entry are closed }
