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Capitalizing on share buybacks may be a fleeting trend. Here’s how to take advantage now

Several ETFs may be worth your attention

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Where free cash flow is king: 17 TSX dividend stocks offering safety and value

We’re looking for free-cash-flow-to-enterprise-value, by analyzing Canadian dividend payers using investment philosophy focused on safety and value

Exchange-traded funds

Vanguard plots next disruption to Canadian investing: Cutting the cost of advice

The disruptive ETF giant is exploring ways to reduce fees, and that could mean a version of its robo-adviser service will be launched in Canada

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Federal government looks to quash tax loophole for ETFs in new budget

The changes would not take effect until after the 2019 taxation year, according to Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc.

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Markets

The close: Financials weigh down Wall Street as Fed stays dovish

TSX finishes flat despite jump in energy stocks

Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Wednesday - and why

A roundup of some of the North American equities making moves in both directions today

Wednesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades

Inside the Market’s roundup of some of today’s key analyst actions

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Bond market sends scary signal about where Canada’s economy is heading vs. the U.S.

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Become a savvy investor

Vanguard, iShares or BMO? A side-by-side comparison of the new all-in-one diversified ETF portfolios Building an extremely well-diversified portfolio has never been easier or cheaper

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Bay Street energy bull Eric Nuttall urging for share buybacks amid ailing energy sector Eric Nuttall, portfolio manager at Ninepoint Partners, wrote to the CEOs of 13 Canadian midsize oil and gas producers to stress the urgency of buying back more than 10 per cent of their own stock

Wednesday’s TSX breakouts: This marijuana stock was just added to the S&P/TSX composite index The company is is currently profitable with an explosive earnings growth forecast

We don’t have enough to buy a house. How can we invest with similar returns to real estate? Plus how much bigger your returns could be if you lowered the investment fees you pay Rob Carrick

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Beware the pitch that stocks and bonds are not enough for your portfolio Here’s a strong sign that the investment business is worried about a big market decline.

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Rob Carrick’s 2019 ETF Buyer’s Guide: Best global equity funds Global funds are where we find the ETF industry going to extremes to be all things to all investors.

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ETFs Canada’s biggest pot ETF gets a major new holding

ETFs Nineteen new ETF options for Canadian investors

Pound jumps, Asian shares rise after changes to Brexit deal

Investor Newsletter Finding Canadian shares with a strong earnings trend, an overbought and vulnerable bank stock, and can a mutual fund cost less than an ETF?

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Portfolio Strategy How a thrifty investor could pay less for a mutual fund than an ETF

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OBITUARY John Bogle, Vanguard founder who pioneered low-cost investing, dies at 89

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Millennial Money

Parents financially supporting thirtysomething kids? It’s happening

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GENYMONEYADVISER Q&A Is your company group RRSP any good? Here’s how to make the best of a bad plan

GENYMONEYADVISER Q&A My husband and I have four maxed-out credit cards. How can we fix our finances?

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Opinion Federal budget 2019: Liberals offer some help in resolving one of the country’s biggest personal-finance challenges

Federal budget 2019: Eight ways the budget will affect your personal finances

Carrick on Money We don’t have enough to buy a house. How can we invest with similar returns to real estate?

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Retirement

Retirement Planning Individual Pension Plan: a retirement option for those with an entrepreneurial bent

Financial Facelift Can this single-income couple with two teenagers soon retire?

Retirement Planning It’s not retirement, it’s a new life on wheels

Investment firms redefine rookie programs

Investors with mental-health issues present challenges for advisors

How to manage sudden wealth responsibly

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Household Finance

Mortgages Home buyers more focused on stress test than rates, brokers say

Piggy bank or plastic: In a digital world, how are parents teaching children about money?

Canadians’ net worth declines for first time since financial crisis as debt loads rise to record

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Financial Facelift

Financial Facelift Financial Facelift: To buy or rent a condo? Montreal couple search best route for saving towards retirement

Financial Facelift With chronic illness and debt affecting their retirement goals, what should this couple do?

Financial Facelift Ontario couple can retire early if they fix their portfolio’s ‘jumbled mess’

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Tax Matters A proper adjusted cost base can lead to tax savings

Tax Matters Tax tips and traps when filing your 2018 tax return

Tax Matters The top 10 non-taxable benefits that can boost your total compensation

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Number Cruncher

Number Cruncher Want to avoid fallout from carbon-pricing politics? Check out these four bank stocks

Number Cruncher Fifteen lesser known Canadian value stocks

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Number Cruncher Searching for Canadian dividend all-stars

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Research Reports

Research Report TSX Composite earnings scorecard: How fourth-quarter results have fared

Research Report TSX Composite earnings scorecard: How fourth-quarter results have fared

Research Report TSX Composite earnings scorecard: How fourth-quarter results have fared

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Investor Education

Investor Clinic Your queries about my dividend portfolio answered

Investor Clinic How much do robo-advisers really cost?

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Investor Clinic A quick and dirty way to find dividend growth stocks

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Business Video

NDP wants a 'commitment to work for people' in Liberals' federal budget NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for the federal government to invest in pharmacare, housing and tackling tax havens.

Carrick Talks Money: Do your homework before divesting from mutual funds

Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank eye mega-merger Germany's two biggest banks, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, are in talks over a merger, but unions say a deal could cost tens of thousands of jobs.

Carrick Talks Money: What is F.I.R.E.? Be prepared to save your brains out Independent Financial Adviser, Darryl Brown, answers some reader questions with Rob Carrick on one of the newest retirement planning strategies called F.I.R.E., Financial Independence Retire Early.

Highlighting five new spending measures in federal budget The federal budget includes new spending in a range of areas including support for first-time homebuyers, ensuring seniors are enrolled in CPP and the further advancement of reconciliation.

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