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The results are in! Below are the results from a poll conducted amongst clients the last week of December 2015. The poll covered market predictions for 2106. However given the market volatility this month, it would be interesting to see if your responses would differ now.   

Warren Buffet, regarded as the most successful investor of all time and currently the world's 3rd wealthiest person, knows a thing or two about investing in the market. His investing career began in the early 1950s. He has successfully navigated through markets of all kinds; up, down, sideways, a black Monday, a tech bubble and a global financial crisis.

Another year has come and gone. Expectations that we had set for our personal lives and the markets for the year, may or may not have come to fruition. But this New Year is another opportunity to reassess our expectations and goals for the coming year.

Lots to go over so let's get right into it.

Our webinar covered the basics on exchange traded funds (ETFs) - what they are, how they are structured, their advantages and benefits.

If you've ever had the pleasure (or maybe displeasure?) of playing golf, you know how satisfying it is to hit the ball exactly as intended or frustrating when you can't even hit the side of a barn (a frustration I am all too familiar with). The same can be said for investing: seeing an investment turn out as expected is a great feeling, but when an investment goes so

Imagine the unlikely scenario where you're given the choice between two career options: 1) trying to make a living gambling in a casino or 2) owning a casino. Which would you choose? Unless you're this guy...

The last month and a half have been challenging in the equities markets. To say the least. The US markets were down 10%. The TSX was down 8.3%  - this doesn't include the 8.5% decline from April this year.

If there was any doubt as to whether exchange traded funds (ETFs) are just a fad or here to stay, the doubt has just been eliminated.

It's September 17^th and the US Federal Reserve has decided to keep the federal funds rate unchanged. The fed's fund rate is the benchmark for interest rate levels across the US. Though this rate was not raised today, the Fed committee anticipates the rate will be raised in the near future, very possibly this December.