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Unconventional ways of saving for an education

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Autos

The real cost of car ownership

It's more than you think

Payouts

National Bank’s candid approach pays dividends

National Bank Financial on King Street in Toronto.

And bank’s hint at dividend increase helps boost share price

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Rob Carrick

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Investing

TFSAs: What you need to know

Why 70,000 people may have to pay penalties for over-contributions and other nuggets

Energy

Enbridge denies allegations of coercion

A worker monitors water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, is attempted to be trapped by booms Thursday, July 29, 2010.

House committee members say company asked Michigan residents near spill site to sign waivers against further liability

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How does the C-series project affect your view of Bombardier stock?

MoneyShow.com

Double dip or double speak?

Gordon Pape dissects the Fed’s response to economic weakness and tells how investors can prepare themselves for a downturn

Number Cruncher

Six stocks passed the true yield test

Looking closely at dividend growth


Best true yield stocks amongst S&P/TSX composite
Company Ticker $ Price
Aug. 31
Jean Coutu Group (PJC) PJC.A-T 8.75
Rogers Comm. RCI.B-T 37.01
Intact Financial IFC-T 44.38
Source: UBS and Globe Investor
Investor Clinic

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Warren Buffett

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TheStreet.com

Ten U.S. stocks selling at deep discounts

We're talking cheap, and with good reasons to rebound

Analysis, Opinion & Video

Schizas' Mailbag

Fortress Paper due for a pullback

Chad Wasilenkoff is CEO of Fortress Paper seen here April 18, 2007 at his North Vancouver office looking over real and sample bank-notes of various countries with some the bank-notes being produced at his mill. The Fortress Paper Company has bought two paper mills, one in Germany and one in Switzerland, to focus on a market in security paper, which is used in bank-notes and passports.

It would seem that all the good news has been baked into this stock, writes Lou Schizas


Market View

Big balance sheets, no spending

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The latest look at durable goods orders suggests that cash-rich U.S. business are cutting back on spending

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