Transition to be completed by March 2006
Noranda weights to increase
Small cap funds beat index
Increased investor concern over financing conditions cited
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services says the global speculative-grade bond default rate ticked up to 1.64% at the end of April from its eight-year low of 1.47% in March.The rating agency notes that the global default rate for speculative-grade corporates has remained below the long-term (1981-2004) average of 4.91% for 17 consecutive months, but it’s […]
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report comparing the income fund sector with project finance in the form of public-private partnerships.It notes that Canadian investors have witnessed a rapid development of the income fund sector in the past several years and, more recently, the more gradual growth of the field of PPPs. “The […]
Dividend Aristocrats Index measures performance of S&P 500 companies
Is below long-term average but still above record low
Growing interest from institutional investors
On pace for another high in 2005, S&P says
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