Companies seeking merger and acquisition partners and those growing in emerging markets are the best bets in this sector
Growth in demand for oil has fallen markedly in the past two years — to 0.9% in 2006 from 3.9% in 2004 — despite continued global GDP growth of around 5%.This indicates the sensitivity of demand to oil price increases in the longer run, something inves-tors and analysts tend to underestimate, says Clément Gignac, chief […]
One advisor thinks her goals are achievable only if she inherits an estate; the other believes she won’t have any problems
New fund categories make for some interesting comparisons
Production increasing, profits solid, return on equity around 8%
Despite her husband’s premature death, this woman should be able to leave a substantial sum for her children
Preferreds can also play an important role in dividend and balanced funds
With commodity prices expected to soften in the face of the slowing U.S. and global economies, resources stocks probably won’t be on a tear this year. Nevertheless, a number of global money managers and strategists believe energy and base metals remain good places to be.Most analysts expect oil, base metals and gold prices to remain […]
Prospects for C$ clouded, but resources will be key to its performance
Here’s a summary of what the 12 global investment managers and strategists interviewed for this report recommend for 2007:> Equities VS Fixed-Income And Cash. Most managers are overweighted in equities, partly because they don’t foresee much of a decline in interest rates and also because they expect decent but single-digit equity returns.Fred Sturm, chief investment […]