What Is An Investment Manager?
The person managing your money is likely an investment manager, a highly-trained professional in the financial services industry. She manages investment portfolios that include all kinds of securities, including the…
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Bond Payments
All bonds have different bond payment terms so it’s important to understand the various types of bond payments, frequencies, interest rates and maturities options for a bond contract. All bond…
A “Hot-Air” Approach to the Markets
Editor’s Note: This article makes reference to events up until 1998. How the housing collapse of early 1990s and Hot-Air ballooning can teach us about irrational exuberance. Surprising how history…
Understanding Macaulay Duration, Modified Duration and Convexity
Duration is a measure of the average (cash-weighted) term-to-maturity of a bond. In plain-terms – think of it as an approximation of how long it will take to recoup your…
Financial Panics
Editor’s Note: This article was written in 1997. The Fed Chairman at the time was Alan Greenspan who was then being lauded for “The Great Moderation” and ending economic and…
When Will Interest Rates Rise
Mike McGann, Senior Wealth Advisor at Scotia McLeod, interviews Canso Investment Counsel President John Carswell to discuss the process of predicting how and when interest rates rise.
