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Hedge funds grow institutional assets
Retail investors used to be the bread and butter for hedge funds, but the worm has turned since the end of the financial crisis, and now institutional investors make up the biggest piece of the hedge...
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Retrocom becomes fifth REIT deal this week
More evidence emerged Thursday morning that REITs continue to be the go-to investing vehicle for retail, yield-oriented investors. Hours after announcing a $40 million bought deal transaction, Retrocom...
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Market volatility goes beyond Japan
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan have created economic aftershocks around the world, with markets swaying and wobbling. But the ebb and flow of North American stocks this week should not be pinned...
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Smart money recognizing pullback as opportunity
Retail investors are running scared as Blackswan-like events in Japan and the Middle East envelope equity markets, but base on “smart money” flows, their institutional cousins aren’t nearly fretting so...
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Hybrid funds get record cash
More money than ever is flowing to mutual funds that buy both stocks and bonds, a sign that individuals are starting to return to equities during the most volatile bull market since at least 1942....
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‘Bring me yield’
Bring me yield. That’s the mantra of retail investors these days as they seek opportunities that will pay them a regular and steady income as well as the opportunity for capital gain. But even when...
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CSA proposes rules requiring details on investment performance
The Canadian Securities Administrators, an umbrella group of the country’s provincial securities regulators, is proposing rules that would require firms to provide investors with “clear and meaningful”...
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Summer slump for retail investors may linger until 2014
Slow small-investor trading activity may not speed up when summertime ends, and may linger until 2014, delaying a rebound by online brokerages, Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Brad Hintz said on Thursday....
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Nasty spat grows over structured fees issue
A nasty spat has developed between underwriters over how the fees in an offering of structured products are to be divided up. Structured products, effectively closed-end funds with a particular...
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U.S. investors avoiding home market
U.S. retail investors continue to exit their home equity market. Weekly figures from the Investment Company Institute showed that net new cash flows into funds that invest primarily in U.S. stocks hit...
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Spat over fees settled
A nasty little spat over how to divide the underwriting fees on structured product offerings has been quietly settled. It seems that both sides – market leaders CIBC World Markets and RBC Capital...
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Goldman tempts retail investors with 50-year bond
By Timothy Sifert (IFR) Fresh off its underwhelming third-quarter earnings, Goldman Sachs is marketing a US$250m offering of US$25-par, 50-year notes to investors. The deal, in the market today, takes...
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Foreign banks list debt here
It’s early days but plans are in place for a select group of foreign banks that don’t have a retail distribution capability to list their debt offerings directly on a stock exchange rather than work...
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ETFs more complex than you think
Exchange-traded funds are rapidly becoming mainstream investments but despite their superficial similarity to mutual funds or individual stocks, they are misunderstood by retail investors. In...
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Gold and yield back banner year for structured products
Unless it shines or comes with a yield, forget it. At least that’s the conclusion from a recent study by TD Securities on the characteristics of the 10 largest structured product offerings in 2011....
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Betting on business
Canadian businesses are shaping up to be an attractive option for bond investors this year. Analysts are forecasting Canada’s corporate bond market will post a turnaround in 2012, following a year...
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How to profit (legally) from insider trading
Bring up the idea of insider trading at any cocktail party (hilarious results, guaranteed!) and the first thing many people may think of is Martha Stewart. The empress of home decoration, of course,...
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Stocks rise? OSFI says don’t bet on it
It is commonly held by most retail investors that stock markets move up over time. If you buy and hold, your patience will be rewarded. Indeed, this basic concept — known by academics and others who...
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Self-directed online brokerages have not been coping well with the additional volume brought on by a devastating month-long selloff, according to retail investors who are complaining that multiple...
View ArticleHundreds of thousands of tiny buyers are swarming to insolvency stocks in...
Just in the last week, 96,000 people on the Robinhood investing app opened a position in Hertz Global Holdings Inc. The number of users holding Whiting Petroleum Corp. grew roughly 10,000 in the last...
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