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market lab

Maybe it’s time for a dash of rational exuberance

The forces driving down valuations are starting to fade

Thrift, leverage and Freedom 35

Kevin Stone, 24, saves one-third of income, has postponed marriage, and tracks his financial progress on freedomthirtyfiveblog.com.

Recent graduate Kevin Stone just started investing in 2010 but has already amassed a net worth of six figures

Financial Facelift

An ailing husband, a mission to provide

Melody and Bill hope to retire in two to three years, but their plans have been complicated by Bill's illness.

Two years away from retirement, couple look for reassurance they've got all the bases covered

Who's Buying and Selling

RIM co-founder buying shares

Mike Lazaridis, former co-CEO of Research In Motion

Mike Lazaridis purchased 3.1 million shares on Jan. 25 after terminating automatic sales plan

Economy

Luxury retail: No sign of a downside

Success of high-end merchants appears to confirm that the rich are having a comfortable financial downturn

Calendar

Nissan, Toyota report earnings, Tuesday

Get up to speed on the business news that matters

Portfolio Strategy

How one adviser is adapting to a low-rate environment

His ‘risk barbell' strategy balances ultrasafe investments with riskier options

Funds

Finding blue chip bargains in closed-end funds

Some of these funds are trading at discounts of 20 per cent or more to their breakup value

Streetwise

Where is Suncor's long-awaited recovery?

Mining trucks carry loads of oil laden sand after being loaded by huge shovels at the Albian Sands oils sands project in Ft. McMurray, Alberta, Canada.

Most analysts have instituted major ‘buy’ ratings

The Commodities page

Click the link above to get the latest commodities news

Market Call

3 top stock picks from Macquarie's Mike Newton

The portfolio manager warns investors shouldn't get complacent about the next downturn

The Buy Side

For money managers, small can be beautiful

For the 'buy' side of the Street, a large capital base is nothing more than a drag on profit margins

What the Charts Say

Bullish on Inmet Mining

Inmet is a global mining company that produces copper and zinc.

Recent rise signals breakout from bullish technical pattern and toward higher targets

29 Ways

Maxed out RRSP? Try a life-insurance strategy

Take shelter by insuring a healthy relative

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

Personal Finance

Students keep RRSPs on back burner until after graduation

Spring break is much more on the minds of students than saving for retirement.

Teens have retirement savings on their radar, but say it’s too early to get “serious"

Money Poll

Vote: How healthy are your savings?

Is your piggy bank in the pink?

Real Estate

Second home could become a primary headache

Purchase of a vacation getaway outside Canada can trigger unforeseen costs

RRSP Season

Slice up your RRSP for retirement

The first slice of the pie is your immediate needs – having enough money for housing, food, transportation, health care and other things that make up your daily living.

Think of your assets as three main pieces of a pie – with the possibility of a fourth depending on your resources and goals

Analysis, Opinion & Video

Analysis & Opinion

Copper Mountain Mining Corp needs to break past $6

Large mining trucks haul waste rock away at the Copper Mountain Mine in Princeton, B.C. January 13, 2011.

Once past resistance, the stock has little resistance back to $8, says Lou Schizas

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Investor Clinic

A primer on payout ratios (and why they could soon be rising)

Dividends depend on the industry, stage of growth and what investors demand

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Video

Roundtable: Can Facebook crack IPO market?

The Roundtable team discusses whether or not Facebook's IPO filing will follow in the footsteps of other recent tech offerings

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