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The best of the web on money, markets and all things financial, as chosen daily by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick.
The changes ahead for your pension
How pensions provided by government, employers and through personal savings are likely to change in the years ahead. To summarize, individuals will have to save more on their own.
Are posted mortgage rates on the way out?
ATB Financial, a major banking presence in Alberta, is getting rid of the artificially high posted mortgage rates that are still common at most banks (almost everyone pays a discounted rate). Read here about the positive effects the move will have on people who need to break their mortgage before renewal.
Vote here on where you see house prices in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto in one year. Poll results so far are skewed to the negative side.
Why account transfers take so long
A mutual fund company dishes on how bad its peers are about responding promptly when clients decide to move their accounts to other firms.
Tweeting for dollars
Read down this blog post to find a critical look the role social media is playing in investing. The focus is a couple of tweets from financier Carl Icahn about his purchase of Apple shares. The stock surged on this news, which wasn't available to all investors.
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