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Gold and oil have slumped but strong demand is keeping most commodities chugging along.

JEFF BUCKSTEIN

Commodities markets have been on a hot streak the past few years, one many experts feel has a long-term foundation in a strong global economy despite signs that a speculative push may have temporarily overheated some items.

Yet another weapon in your arsenal
Though not as popular as they once were, alternative investing vehicles such as ETFs and PPNs still have a role to play.
THERESA EBDEN

Were you filled with an overwhelming sense of dread after the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared past 12,000 this month?

Emerging-market investors get a
wake-up call
As old standby stocks fade, the brave will need to step directly into the pool with ETFs.
DALE JACKSON

You don't have to go any further than the latest batch of third-quarter earnings to see how emerging countries are affecting the global economy.

STARS AND DOGS
A selection of winners and losers in stocks rooted in the wages of sin.
JOHN HEINZL

STARS
Smith & Wesson
SWHC - NASDAQ ($U.S.)
Everyone knows guns maim and kill. But consider the upside: Handgun maker Smith & Wesson expects revenue to jump 27 per cent in the current fiscal year, helped by higher sales to law enforcement, the U.S. military and folks who just like to carry a piece. You got a problem with that?

Investors embrace passively run ETFs
Only a few actively managed funds are beating the indexes.
KEITH DAMSELL

Score another one for exchange-traded funds.

A look at the short-term returns of the country's largest Canadian equity funds and their corresponding indexes indicates the bulk of actively managed funds come up short when it comes to performance.

Income trusts: A case of growing pains
The news is pretty much all bad for trusts
these days.
ROB CARRICK

The one-year anniversary of the great income trust debacle of 2005 has arrived with trusts once again looking like the investing world's problem child.

Halloween's coming. Here's a few stock trick or treats
The stock market can be a scary place, especially for those plagued with a portfolio of rotten apples. JOHN HEINZL

We're still putting the finishing touches to our Kim Jong Il costume. But with Halloween less than two weeks away, some investors are already going trick or treating.

Mutual funds the safer way to spread your wings internationally

IRA GLUSKIN

I am very proud to be a Canadian for so many reasons. When commentators are criticizing our lack of international business success stories, I want to stand up and scream. What about Four Seasons Hotels or SNC Lavalin? There are many more, but these two are at the very top.

Article Index

An unstoppable juggernaut?
Gold and oil have slumped but strong demand is keeping most commodities chugging along. »

Yet another weapon in your arsenal
Though not as popular as they once were, alternative investing vehicles such as ETFs and PPNs still have a role to play. »

Emerging-market investors get a wake-up call
As old standby stocks fade, the brave will need to step directly into the pool with ETFs. »

STARS AND DOGS
A selection of winners and losers in stocks rooted in the wages of sin. »

Investors embrace passively run ETFs
Only a few actively managed funds are beating the indexes. »

Income trusts: A case of growing pains
The news is pretty much all bad for trusts these
days. »

Halloween's coming. Here's a few stock trick or treats
The stock market can be a scary place, especially for those plagued with a portfolio of rotten apples. »

Mutual funds the safer way to spread your wings internationally
I am very proud to be a Canadian for so many reasons. When commentators are criticizing our lack of international business success stories, I want to stand up and scream. What about Four Seasons Hotels or SNC Lavalin? There are many more, but these two are at the very top. »

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