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What Happens To My Income Trusts in 2011? Should I Sell Them Now?

November 6, 2009 · 4 comments

in Canadian, TSX, financial planning, income trusts, investing, legislation, taxes, time in the market, yield

Canadian business income trusts won’t all turn into pumpkins at the strike of midnight on December 31, 2010.  In most cases, you will be aware of what will be happening long before that.
I’m not a taxation expert, but I’ll cover a few of the scenarios I know about here.  Consider these points before you think [...]

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List of the Top 45 Highly Traded Canadian Companies Still Operating As Income Trusts

September 24, 2009 · 2 comments

in Canadian economy, ETF(s), dividends, income trusts, indexes, investing

As you know, by 2011 Canada’s income trusts must move back to a corporate structure for tax purposes.  Since the 2006 regulation, some companies have already made the move and more are continuing to do so.  Here is a list of Canadian companies still operating as income trusts.  There’s still a good year and a [...]

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Americans: Five High-Yield Canadian Investments You Don’t Want To Miss

October 24, 2008 · 3 comments

in Canadian, income trusts, investing (general), oil

If you’re a U.S. citizen and you’ve been wanting to get into the Canadian markets but things were too expensive a year ago, or maybe you just don’t know enough about what’s available, I’ve got good news for you!  This is a list of five income trusts that trade on the NYSE and which are [...]

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The Awesome Power of Income Trusts

June 7, 2008 · 6 comments

in cashflow, dividends, forex

Also known as royalty trusts, income funds and unit trusts, income trusts are a special type of investment vehicle that are traded on the stock exchanges and pay out on a regular basis to their unitholders. As far as I know, these are also a uniquely Canadian product (if anything similar to income trusts [...]

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