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Investment Strategy
Dining with forecasters

Former Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge is pessimistic about the outlook for equity markets over the next three years, Kevin O'Leary writes


Madoff-proof your portfolio

Establish a wealth-protection process to detect investment fraud early, writes Thane Stenner


What could go wrong? It's a long list

Fear, not greed, drives ultra-conservative money managers


Too good to be true: Basics of financial skepticism

How to avoid the Ponzis, Madoffs, Bre-Xs and Milkens in the market


Bling! Time for gold to glitter?

A weaker dollar and possibly higher inflation herald renewed interest in the still-precious metal


Do you have the mind of a millionaire?

It's not the money, it's the mind, writes Thane Stenner


My own private equity forum in LA

Fine wine notwithstanding, private equity anticipates a brutal 2009, Kevin O'Leary writes


Ten things to know about TFSAs in rocky times

The nuts and bolts of these new tax-sheltered accounts -- and who benefits most from them


Grab the vino, it's year-end portfolio purging time

It's been a tough year, so what are you going to do about it? Kevin O'Leary writes


Five things you should know about bear markets

Bear markets can be frightening but they are necessary, Dan Hallett writes


Why the market is always right (even when it isn't)

The stock market is never to blame for a fund's results.


If history is your guide, stocks are best bet for retirement strategy


How to invest in property in a down market

Incorporate these nine habits into your real estate investing


Time to revive appetite for grains

Agricultural commodities are well below heady highs reached this summer -- and poised to rally again


One Good Idea: Buy gold bullion

Gold appreciates amid inflation, defies deflation and is the ultimate defensive play


Dispatch from Geneva

Many Swiss investors are far more focused on the debt markets than equities. Stay diversified, Kevin O'Leary writes.


Ten pieces of good news in the gloom

How to think beyond the excessive pessimism in the market


Memo to Ben Graham: Help!

Here's the advice (we believe) he'd give today


Revving up returns

While worried investors spent most of the year running for the exits, investors who prefer vintage automobiles spent more than $200 million beefing up their portfolios at RM Auctions.


Power

Influence, authority, clout...they're tough to define, but impossible to mistake. The 10 listed here (and 10 runners-up) aren't necessarily the best-or richest-investors in the country. They're not even all investors. But they shape the Canadian investment industry, and when they speak, the market listens. Now more than ever.


When the love is gone

Does your financial adviser know you and your needs, and care enough to help you through the tough times? If not, it may be splitsville time.


Northern Star

Dick Haskayne admits that he follows trends and has great luck, but he's not taking the market turmoil sitting down.


The thinking kid's guide to investing

Farnoosh Torabi is the New York-based author of You're So Money, a personal finance book aimed at her own 20-something age group.


Diamonds in the dirt

There are 100,000 toxic properties in Canada. The good news? Many have to be cleaned up fast


A Tale of Two Ski Hills

Whistler has better elevation, but Blue Mountain has a bigger market. Which resort is the smarter buy?


One Good Idea: Write covered call options on energy stocks

Ten reasons to be optimistic about the market

Investor psychology: What you need to know before you buy or sell

Take a deep breath and try to relax

Fee-based research takes wing

Credit crunch jaws: How to know when it's safe to go back in the water

Five things to know now if you're thinking of buying real estate

When the lights go out

Ben Stein on Wall Street's immorality and boomers' doom

The wild next wave

Against the Tide

Pie in the sky?

Prairie Gold

A Fundamental Shift

Better Green?

Fall 2008

When the lights go out, Ben Stein on Wall Street’s immorality & more...

Summer 2008

Is value dead? The lure of the long shot, the Steadhand diaries and more...

Winter 2008

Inside Sprott Inc., The Technicians, Liquid assets and more...

Premiere Issue

Bill Miller, The Wealthy Barber, How to Live Tax Free and more...

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