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Read MoreSteadyhand Turns Five
Client focused firm working to make clients better investors After having worked in the investment industry since 1994, I have developed a healthy sense of skepticism and cynicism which prevents me from getting too impressed when a fund company celebrates an anniversary or reaches a milestone. That said I have to admit that seeing Vancouver based Steadyhand celebrate their fifth birthday...
Read MoreDeath, taxes and higher MERs
Governments seek answers as to why fund fees are higher in Canada. Taxes are part of the problem. On September 28, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced that he plans to ask a Senate national finance committee to investigate why it is that Canadians pay higher mutual fund fees than Americans. With all due respect to Mr. Flaherty, I don’t think that we need a Senate committee to investigate...
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