11th annual broker rankings

What's your favourite online brokerage?

Rob Carrick shared his tips, and now we want to hear yours

David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba Metis Federation, comforts his three-year-old grandson Isaiah as he gets vaccinated against the H1N1 flu on the opening day of public clinics in Winnipeg, Monday.

In Review

Required reading: Five essential stories of the week

Why there's no business like flu business; Italy reveals the future of the supermarket, and why bikers aren't happy with Mountain Equipment Co-op

Derek DeCloet

Derek DeCloet

Recovery: What if economists are wrong?

Time and again the majority view has proven wrong

Rob Carrick

Portfolio Strategy

A road map to protect your investments

Interest rates are at rock bottom and the markets have rallied fast: could be a good time to rebalance your portfolio, says Rob Carrick

Shell Oil Co.'s Deer Park refinery and petrochemical facility in Deer Park, Texas.

In Texas, oil sands firms fight for their share

Pipeline extension to Gulf Coast refineries is key for Canadian producers

Canada's job market in deep freeze

October's signs are that, after two months of gains, companies are waiting for more signs of recovery before hiring again

BMO going where others fear to go

The global financial calamity had just hit and banks were reining in ambitions. But not BMO, which saw India as a long-term play

Chrysler revival hinges on a 'wow' factor

Success in compact and mid-size markets – where it now badly trails rivals – essential

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S&P/TSX Composite 69.72 11,250.42
Dow Jones Industrials 17.46 10,023.42
S&P 500 2.67 1,069.30
NASDAQ Composite 7.12 2,112.44

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Adhocracy
Seeding change at GE

With patience, chief marketer's imagination takes root at storied company

BETH COMSTOCK
Streetwise
D'Alessandro to CIBC board?

There is talk that Manulife's former CEO will join the CIBC board next year

Persuasion
Making lemonade from layoffs, Harry's pricey lesson

Simon Houpt tracks the latest trends in the world of marketing and advertising

documentary Lemonade
Estate planning
You won't live forever, so read this

Changes in family arrangements have complicated the estate-planning process, but a family's assets can still keep on giving if they are organized properly

Tourism
Hotels a hard sell in tourist magnet Croatia

Tangled laws and state involvement hinder investment

Pavle Radonic, assistant manager of the Hotel Belvedere, shows off the hotel which has not operated for 18 years, in Dubrovnik Oct. 15, 2009.
Earlier discussion
Investing in precious metals?

AGF Investments portfolio manager, Bob Lyon, answered your questions

New to direct investing?
Ways you can invest in mortgages

It can be a way to get a solid return; but don't leap without a careful look. Part nine of a 12-part series by Gail Bebee

Gail Bebee is a Personal Finance Author and Speaker.
Personal Finance Reader
Bonds: A quantum of solace

Wimp investors, this one's for you. Rob Carrick' s round-up of the best of what the online world has to offer on money-related subjects