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July 22nd, 2010

More Canadians turning to online investing: Survey

Bank of Montreal says results from a survey it has commissioned show Canadians are increasingly turning to online investing.



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July 21st, 2010

Investors stuck in middle of debate over the ‘F’ word

Discretionary portfolio managers and other “fiduciaries” are
happy to see the brokerage and fund industries making noises about
moving closer to fiduciary models.



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July 20th, 2010

Bank of Canada increases overnight rate target to 3/4 per cent

OTTAWA, Ontario, July 20, 2010 — The Bank of Canada today announced that it is raising its target for the overnight rate by one-quarter of one percentage point to 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per cent.
The global economic recovery is proceeding but is not yet self-sustaining. Greater emphasis on balance sheet repair by households, …



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July 19th, 2010

Frugality is in again

During the go-go years of the stock market that ended in 2008, I doubt you would have seen a major financial institution build a marketing campaign on a slogan like “Let the Saving Begin”



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July 18th, 2010

No straight road to moving expenses tax break

Moving this summer? If so, you may be able to write off those moving expenses, provided you move 40 kilometres or more to be closer to work. The question is, how is that distance measured?



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July 17th, 2010

U.S. billionaires can take it with them

Even in death New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner proved to be a world champion — at least in terms of beating the Internal Revenue Service



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