When the market corrects, it’s better to pull out. But that doesn’t mean your cash can’t work for you.
Sometimes putting the money in an exchange traded fund that tracks municipal bonds can be a way to do that. That’s because muni bonds tend to be less responsive to economic disruptions.
Several muni bond ETFs […]
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Munis A Safe Haven While Bear Rampages
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Bank of Canada could signal higher interest rates: analysts
After leaving its key interest rate unchanged for the last year, the Bank of Canada could be about to signal that higher rates are on the way, some analysts are forecasting.
The central bank will release its next interest rate policy announcement at 9 a.m. ET Tuesday.
While no one is expecting a rate hike […]
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Telus ordered to refund some customers over access fee
BY PAUL JAY The federal telecommunications regulator has ordered Telus Corp. to refund some customers who were forced to pay a network-access charge.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said Telus “improperly” charged a monthly $2.95 fee to customers who did not use its long-distance network.
But the CRTC said Telus customers who […]
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No sale for DundeeWealth
The owner of mutual fund and wealth management company DundeeWealth has decided it won’t sell to any of its suitors, sending stock in the company down sharply.
“The process established last fall by its board following receipt of certain unsolicited expressions of interest in acquiring the company has been terminated,” said a statement from DundeeWealth. […]
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Greenland plans fibre optic link to Newfoundland
A Greenland telecommunications company is preparing to lay an underwater fibre optic link to Newfoundland, in a $1-billion bid to improve phone and internet service.
TELE-Post is hoping to overcome poor international connections by laying the Danish island’sfirst communicationsline,which will run from Greenland to Newfoundland and then to Iceland.
Project manager Anton Christofferson said the […]
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RIM releases BlackBerry software for small business
Research In Motion Ltd. is looking to expand its reach with smaller businesses by introducing software that allowsfirms to link their BlackBerry devices and e-mail systems.
The BlackBerry Professional software, which allows a business’s e-mail server to transmit to thedevices, is aimed at companies with 30 or fewer people. Smaller companies previously had to shell […]
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