Stocks For The Long Run, written by Jeremy J. Siegel, is a great book that as the name suggests, promotes the superior return of stocks over an extended period of time. The very first chart in the book shows the nominal returns of stocks, bonds, bills and gold from 1802 to 2006. While obviously we [...]
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Calculating your adjusted cost base (ACB) is necessary to determine the true cost of your investments for capital gains and losses. Perhaps more importantly, the CRA requires this calculation to be used for income taxes in relation to capital gains and losses.
The adjusted cost base is calculated by of adding all of your investments into [...]
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The TSX has finished lower each of the last four trading sessions. In those four days, three weeks worth of gains have been wiped out. Is the rally over as investors begin to take their profits?
While stock markets have increased over the last few months on signs of economic recovery, we may have reached a [...]
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