Salient to Investors: Robert Gorman at TD Wealth said: The 3-yr period of sharp underperformance for Canada is coming to a close Dividend stocks will continue to rule but resource stocks will do comparatively better after showing signs of bottoming out. The S&P/TSX Composite Index and the S&P 500 will
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: In Q1 2013, BRIC bonds, currencies, and stocks fell together for the first time since 2006. Since 2003, the MSCI BRIC Index has returned 227 percent, but is down 17 percent in 2013 and trailing the S&P 500 by the most since 1998. The MSCI BRIC Index
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: The Scotia Canadian Dividend Fund cut bank holdings by 40 percent from the end of 2011 on concern that lending is slowing as consumers retrench. Fund manager Jason Gibbs at GCIC said there is no question that things are going to slow down and is using the released funds to
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Germany advanced legislation that would force high-speed trading firms to register with the government and limit their ability to rapidly place and cancel orders. The European Commission agreed on even broader rules for all of the EU if governments also give their approval. Celent estimates high-speed trading accounts for 30
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