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Ellen Roseman Banks like to offer life insurance on mortgages. And coverage is often available without a medical examination. Here’s a story of a bank denying an insurance claim – though premiums had been paid for nine years – on … Continue reading →

Invest or else David Berman, today at 2:24 PM EDT  globeandmail.com Jeremy Grantham, founder of Boston-based investment management firm GMO, doesn’t mince his words when he addresses the question of whether investors should throw money at the stock market when it has … Continue reading →

A recent article published in the Financial Post may have some of Manulife Financial’s investment clients concerned. See original article Manulife’s response in a Letter to the Editor: Letter to the editor by Roy Firth Please call us if you’re … Continue reading →

Check out our newest E Newsletter available now Inside Info Winter 2009

DAY OF RECKONING, FEAR, PANIC, COOL HEADS PREVAIL, THIS TOO WILL PASS. These are the headlines and no one really knows where this market is going. The investment outlook is different from all points of view.  An economist with BMO … Continue reading →

Check out the latest points of interest for Autumn 2008! Inside Info Autumn 2008

They’re calling it “Black Monday” as the TSX and Dow Jones dropped over 500 points each in a single trading day – the largest single day decline since 2001.  I think it’s really the first time that we’re seeing the … Continue reading →

Recently John Wonfor, a national tax partner at BDO Dunwoody, in conjunction with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, released a list of 10 tax tips that students should heed before they venture off into the world of academia, … Continue reading →

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) aired an episode of Marketplace on Wednesday February 6, 2008. An interesting investigative piece on mortgage insurance, it featured an individual who lost their spouse and had their mortgage insurance death claim declined. It serves … Continue reading →