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Mutual fund fashion
While ETFs have been stealing the investment spotlight of late, mutual funds remain central to Canadians’ retirement savings.
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That bond thing is a good bit of sensationalist timing. A look at the numbers in January 2012 would have made bonds look like platinum. With some returns at 16% for a single year. The graph doesn't account for the return someone would have if they dollar-cost-averaged into bonds for the past 10 years. …Those results are pretty darn nice overall.