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Interest rates in Canada will likely remain low for an extended period of time, as the Bank of Canada (BoC) appears in no rush to adopt a more restrictive monetary policy in the short or mid term.
In the current low-yielding fixed income market, fund managers and plan sponsors are desperately looking for alternative strategies to wring the most they can from their investments simply to meet funding objectives.
Bond guru Bill Gross predicts 2015 won't be a very good year.
Canadian and global institutional investment managers expect equities and alternative assets to substantially outperform bonds this year, finds Mercer’s 2015 Fearless Forecast.
Which direction will stocks and bonds go this year? How will the drop in oil prices affect the economy?
World economic growth is likely to remain frustratingly fragile for some time, says Vanguard’s Economic and Investment Outlook.
The PIMCO Total Return Fund experienced outflows of an estimated US$19.4 billion ($22.9 billion) in December, up from US$9.5 billion in November.
The return of volatility—as valuations and investor complacency remain elevated—will make it vital for investors to consider hedging against downside risk and cut back on certain investments in the new year, finds the BlackRock Investment Institute’s (BII) 2015 Investment Outlook.
Amid a global economic slowdown and a low interest rate environment, there are still many ways to make money in the new year.