Saturday May 17, 2008
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It's not too late for commodity latecomers
Published: Saturday, May 17, 2008 12:00 AM Page B16
WHAT WE'RE UP TOInvestors who are underweight in commodities, this one's for you. TODAY'S SEARCHOur task is to find natural resources mutual funds for investors who are coming late to the stunning runup of energy, metal and fertilizer prices. Sure, they want a resource fund that has shown the ability to capitalize on high commodity prices. But given how elevated the entire commodity sector is, they also have to consider risk.
Some ETFs to help you catch the bull
Published: Saturday, May 17, 2008 12:00 AM Page B14
For rank and file investors, this bull market's a drag.The SandP/TSX composite index reached new highs this week, but many investors have had barely a taste of it. Popular equity funds have been lagging the index badly of late and, anyway, lots of investors have been avoiding the markets altogether. Last week, CIBC World Markets said investors are using bank accounts and money market funds to park $45-billion that would normally be in the stock market.
Some ETFs to help you catch the bull
Online Edition: Friday, May 16, 2008 03:57 PM
It's a confusing time to be in the stock market, but here's one way of applying the principle of buying low
How to ride escalating interest rates
Online Edition: Thursday, May 15, 2008 06:00 AM
While waiting for the runup, try low-fee money market funds
How to ride escalating interest rates
Published: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:00 AM Page B15
And now for the good news about the looming runup in interest rates.If you're choking on the low returns available from bonds and guaranteed investment certificates, relief is coming. Want to be ready for it? Money market funds are an ideal vehicle.
The Fly is all the buzz in blogosphere
Online Edition: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 06:00 AM
ReportonBusiness.com readers rate sassy iBankCoin as their favourite
The Fly is all the buzz in blogosphere
Published: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:00 AM Page B17
With oil and gas prices at current levels, the favourite blog of Report on Business readers says you'd have to be @#$%-ing nuts not to own energy stocks.That's iBankCoin for you. Profane, impudent and No. 1-ranked in the popularity contest that ran for the past week on ReportonBusiness.com. Last Tuesday, five ROB columnists and Howard Lindzon, a portfolio manager and founder of the Wallstrip.com website, each presented their five favourite blogs. Readers were then given the chance to vote online for their top choices among these blogs.
And the blog winner is ...
Online Edition: Monday, May 12, 2008 02:44 PM
Readers weigh in on the top financial blogs
Best of the Blogs
Online Edition: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:02 PM
The popularity of investment blogging continues to grow. Here are some of our favourites. Who's yours?
Searching for lost treasures in the Street's trash
Published: Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:00 AM Page B17
Picking through the trash may be frowned upon on the street where you live, but it's accepted behaviour on Bay Street.The venerable school of value investing is based on the idea of buying stocks that others are throwing out. The Dogs of the Dow theory, long touted as a safe way to buy stock market bargains, is certainly a garbage picker's strategy. Now, there's a third way to find diamonds in the stock market dross. Let's call it the SOUP strategy, for sell or underperform.
