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Insurance for children may seem odd at first glance, but if you look closer, you may find a few great reasons to consider it. First, approval for a Critical Illness insurance policy is, in part, underwritten based on family medical history. If you get sick, your children may not be able to get approved for […]

Market & Economic Environment: Equities took a breather in July after an exceptional performance in the first half of 2019 that saw North American and U.S. stocks post their best performance in two decades. The TSX Composite was little changed with a gain of 0.15% in the month despite gains in eight of its 11 […]

It was an eventful month of July with China and the U.S. restarting trade negotiations and the Federal Reserve lowering U.S. interest rates for the first time in 11 years, resulting in a mixed month for equity markets globally. Canadian stocks were fairly muted, as the S&P/TSX Composite eeked out a 0.1% gain during the […]

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Health and wealth make for ‘best’ stocks Posted By Investor’s Digest of Canada On 2019-07-11 @ 3:00 pm In Canadian Stocks,Dividend Stocks,Gold Stocks,Healthcare Stocks,Mining Stocks,US Stocks While drugs and gold were the two most popular forms of payment for votes in the recent election in India, portfolio manager Elvis Picardo proffers far better reasons for picking a pharmaceutical stock […]

Volatility returned to stock markets in the second quarter of the year as risks of trade war escalation led to an up and down period. Stocks continued to rally at the start of Q2, however, the trade dispute between China and the U.S. in mid-May led to an abrupt pullback. Equity markets then rebounded in […]