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RCMP, CRA issue warning on taxpayer scam
Fraudsters are impersonating Canada Revenue Agency employees to dupe taxpayers Investment Executive Industry News – By James Langton | July 11, 2016 14:35 The RCMP and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) are warning again about the “taxpayer scam” as Canadians continue to be victimized almost daily. Fraudsters impersonating CRA employees target their victims and demand either… Read more »
Breaking up is hard to do: Brexit Update
TD Asset Management – Current Perspectives A year ago, it seemed likely that debt-ridden Greece would be the first country to exit the 28-country European Union (EU). However, that distinction now looks likely to go to the United Kingdom (UK). In the British leave/remain referendum held on June 23rd, voters decided that Britain should leave… Read more »
UK Referendum Vote – VPI Portfolio Manager insights
David Atkins, Portfolio Manager, Value Partners Investments On June 23, the UK voted in a referendum to either leave or remain in the European Union (EU) and is commonly referred to as ‘Brexit’. The leave surprisingly won by 52% to 48%. The European Union has been striving for free trade and freedom of movement for… Read more »
Matthews Asia Perspective: Brexit
Matthews Asia Perspective: Brexit The recent announcement affirming the U.K.’s vote to exit the European Union has many ramifications—many of which affect millions of people in a negative way. Some refer to Friday’s announcement as a Black Swan event. Regardless of how the event is characterized , the fact is that the exact implications are… Read more »
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: UK VOTES TO LEAVE THE EU
TD Economics Highlights of the EU Referendum Results: The UK voted 51.9% in favour to leave the EU, with 72.2% voter turnout. Scotland and Northern Ireland voted strongly favour of remaining as part of the EU (62% and 55.8% respectively). England and Wales voted to leave by a relatively narrow margin. Voter turnout in these… Read more »
Dynamic Portfolio Manager Brexit Commentaires
Reprinted with permission from Dynamic Funds In what is described as a historic and generational event, the U.K. has voted to leave the European Union. It becomes the first major country to decide to leave the bloc. As the geopolitical and economic impacts unfold, global financial markets have already reacted. Our portfolio managers provide their… Read more »
UK European Union Referendum
BMO Market Update – The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the Portfolio Manager, and Mr. Serge G Pepin, and do not necessarily reflect those of BMO Investments Inc The upcoming UK referendum on staying in or leaving the European Union after 43 years of membership has the full attention of the financial markets… Read more »
VPI Canadian Equity Newsletter (May 2016)
Please click on the link below that will take you to the VPI Canadian Equity Pool Newsletter for May 2016. VPI Canadian Equity Newsletter (My 2016) · What You Own – TD Bank – TD Bank is a dominant bank · What You Don’t Own – LendingClub – A perceived threat to traditional banking · Dividends… Read more »
Be careful if it sounds to good to be true!
Many seniors in our community have been affected by advisors promoting investments that appear to have unreasonable returns. In most cases these are high risk investments and speculative in nature, not appropriate for most investors, let alone senior clients, in our opinion. Here is another example of a local advisor peddling these type of investments… Read more »