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Activist investor Bill Ackman spent more than $15-million to change the railway’s executive makeup, a success that also changes how boardrooms will operate in Canada

Initial Public Offerings

Why Facebook friended Wall Street

Many of the people who were involved in Facebook's birth eight years ago will become billionaires by the end of the week – if they aren't already. Facebook 'like' icon displayed outside of Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.

The tech darling chose the most traditional method of raising capital for good reason

Funds

Investors Group to lower fees

Laura Sullivan, 22, contributes to a money market fund and a North American growth fund. With her is adviser Jeanette Brox, of the Investors Group in Toronto.

Move comes after massive drop in first-quarter net fund sales

The economics of housing

Don't count on your home to fund your retirement

Demographics and downsizing will drag down Canadian house prices in coming years, says Ben Rabidoux

Slideshow

The Globe's stars and dogs for this week

A humorous look at the companies that caught our eye, for better or worse, this week

Economy

Mainland Chinese abandon Hong Kong art market

China tightens credit, Sotheby’s shares down this month

Calendar

Bank of Montreal reports, Wednesday

Get up to speed on the business news that matters

Financial Facelift

Mortgage? RRSPs? RESPs? Get a grip on what comes first

Alberta couple want to pay off the mortgage as fast as possible and wonder if this is the right approach

Portfolio Strategy

Watch your portfolio weighting

U.S. indexes give a bigger slice of the pie to tech, health care and consumer products sectors than commodity-rich TSX

Mining

Polyus Gold aims for London full listing in June

Gold bars

Russia's largest gold producer takes aim at full share listing in London next month

The Commodities page

Click the link above to get the latest commodities news

Roundtable

Facebook: In the same league as Apple and Google?

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg

The social media giant has a lot of work ahead to justify its massive valuation

Corporate debt a ‘perfect storm’ in the making, S&P warns

The physics of ocean waves are still difficult for existing science to fully explain. Mark Nolan/Getty Images

Some $46-trillion will need financing over the next few years – and credit is bound to get tighter

Behind the Numbers

How to be a better, happier investor? Ignore your portfolio

Even those with strong stomachs should resist the urge to check on their investments every day

CEO Mark Foote buying at Wajax

Toronto, 27/10/11 - Mark Foote, President & CEO of Zellers talks while touring a store at Square One in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Photo By Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

Stock of industrial equipment distributor has rising despite turmoil in Europe

What the Charts Say

Bullish on LSI Corp.

Computer keyboard and binary code (Digital Composite)

Shares of U.S. electronics firm pierce through multi-year resistance level

Personal Finance

Preet Banerjee

Has the OAS change affected your disability insurance?

Now that 67 is the new 65, review your policy to make sure you are properly protected

Reader Letter

I'm 29 years old and I still can't find a decent job

How hard is it to be a young adult these days? A first-hand account

In Pictures

Home Buying: What you can get for $800,000

NIAGARA ON THE LAKE: 43 Elizabeth St., Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0
Asking price: $795,000 / Floor space: 3,500 sq. ft.
Known as The Banker’s House, this two-storey ‘village’ residence has five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms.

The Globe's personal finance team sifted through MLS to see what is listed for $800,000

Roundup

Rob Carrick's Reader: I don’t: How debt affects your marriage prospects

Women are a lot less open than men to marrying to someone with big money troubles.

Rob Carrick rounds up the best in personal finance reading on the Web

Analysis, Opinion & Video

Analysis & Opinion

Enerplus Corp. may have to retest 1999 low

Put this stock on your watchlist and let's see if we get capitulation, says Lou Schizas

More from Lou Schizas
Investor Clinic

Is there a way to swap stocks for cash in my RRSP?

Many Canadians are weighing their options as RRSP deadline looms, trying to decide between putting their money in a retirement plan or a tax-free savings account.

Jamie Golombek of CIBC Private Wealth explains the new anti-swap rule and the tax treatment on owning bullion

More from Investor Clinic
Video

Ripping the lid off mortgage penalties

Midwestern house, Summer

How big a factor should penalties be when selecting a mortgage?

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