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Investing in Canada’s Real Estate Market

December 9, 2009 · 0 comments

in Canadian, REITs, TSX, income trusts, investing, real estate

With the Bank of Canada holding interest rates at 0.25%, some are saying that Canada’s housing market is overheating.  Housing starts are up 21% over 2008 and building permits are up 18% (which are forward-projections).
At the very least, it is a sign of the strength of the Canadian housing market.  But it doesn’t speak to [...]

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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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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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