Fixed Income

A man wondering if he should sell his preferred shares at a loss

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What should Canadian investors do: Sell or hold with preferred share losses?

When taking a big loss on preferred shares, a MoneySense reader asks if he should hold or sell now.

What should Canadian investors do: Sell or hold with preferred share losses?
A woman in her late 50s/early 60s smiles, as her husband is behind her about to give her a hug. They're wondering about GICs for his retirement savigs

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Is now the time for retirees to sell stocks and buy GICs?

Is now the time for retirees to sell stocks and buy GICs?
A man in the age of retirement wears a tie to symbolize that he's still working, he has an inquisitive look on his face, wondering if he should keep working and delay CPP and OAS.

Retired Money

Delaying CPP and OAS to age 70: Is it worth the wait?

The longer you wait to use CPP and OAS, the more you could earn monthly. But with the recent...

Delaying CPP and OAS to age 70: Is it worth the wait?

Annuities

RRIFs and income splitting in the year of death

Gloria’s husband died recently. She’s looking for clarification on what happens with his RRIF and if and how she...

RRIFs and income splitting in the year of death

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Bonds

Extra innings for global bonds?

Opportunities in bonds abound but you may have to look globally to find them

Extra innings for global bonds?

Columns

Market-Linked GICs: Have your stock cake and eat it too

Index-linked GICs give risk-averse investors upside on stocks

Market-Linked GICs: Have your stock cake and eat it too

April 2014

How not to sweat rising interest rates

Mutual fund and ETF makers have created floating-rate bond funds that aim to cut the risk of rising interest...

How not to sweat rising interest rates
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Bonds

How to cope with financial repression

Interest rates may stay low longer than expected but there’s a silver lining: the bond bull market may not...

How to cope with financial repression

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Bonds

5 reasons to own bonds now

Expectations that the Fed might taper led to a bond rout this summer. But so long as uncertainty reigns,...

5 reasons to own bonds now

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