Claymore Investments of Toronto is holding an exchange-traded fund (ETF) competition from August 17 to September 18. Called the 2nd Annual Claymore Next Top Model Summer ETF Competition, participants compete for prizes by picking a minimum of three TSX-listed Claymore ETFs and allocating $100,000 in play money over them. More ...

Mark Yamada, President & CEO of PŮR Investing Inc., designs portfolios of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for investors. In my last post, I reviewed his use of  “risk budgeting” to rebalance portfolios with regard to the volatility of stock markets (a technique employed by the larger pension funds).

I had misplaced my copy of Robert Slater’s 1996 biography of George Soros, so I welcomed the opportunity to get my hands on Slater’s recently released second edition entitled, Soros: The Life, Ideas, and Impact of the World's Most Influential Investor. It also seemed worth adding to the library since ...

The violent sell-off in stock markets this Monday morning, along with the stream of bad economic news of last week, is bound to provoke substantial cuts in short-term interest rates by the Federal Reserve and other central banks. Stock markets should thus be near a good rebound, especially given near-term ...