Interest Rate Trend Adds Risk to Preferred Stocks

Interest Rate Trend Adds Risk to Preferred Stocks

Preferred stocks, once a little known corner of the investment market, have taken a more prominent role as corporations seek to provide investors with the reliable income stream of debt instruments with the potential for greater returns offered by equities. On the...
Why does diversification matter?

Why does diversification matter?

Seasoned experts and novice hobby traders have all heard about diversification. It almost seems like a buzz word on television, but why is it an investment strategy that is so universally known? Boiling it down to the basics, diversification is holding investments...
Out with the old rules, in with the new?

Out with the old rules, in with the new?

Old sayings for the financially savvy included specific steps like: Save at least 10 percent of your income, save for retirement in a Registered Retirement Savings plan, and don’t spend more than one-third of each pay cheque on housing, yet also do not rent...
Regroup and stay the course

Regroup and stay the course

The current market downturn has made investors nervous, but this is neither the first time nor the last time markets will ebb and flow. The plus side: while they fall, they also, historically, recover.   Triggers for market fluctuation come from a number of...
Early Saving is Key

Early Saving is Key

Ask any financial advisor and they will tell you to start saving whatever you can, right now. The earlier the better. In fact, teach your children to save from a young age: have separate piggy banks or accounts: one for fun things and the other so they can be better...