Retirement investing just isn’t what it used to be. Back in the day, Canadians could pay their bills, send their kids to school, take on a mortgage, and address all their financial obligations, and still have enough to build healthy emergency funds, invest for a comfortable retirement, and maybe even leave a legacy. Today, daily […]
Liquid Alternatives Catch On in Canada With New Algonquin Fund Paula Sambo, Bloomberg News Algonquin Capital Corp. is wading into the nascent market for liquid alternatives in Canada, launching a hedge fund-like mutual fund that’s available to retail investors. The firm is planning to raise as much as C$3 billion ($2.3 billion) over the next three to five […]
Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – December 18, 2019) – Algonquin Capital Corporation (“Algonquin”) is proud to announce the launch of its first liquid alternative mutual fund, Algonquin Fixed Income 2.0 Fund (the “Fund”). Algonquin Fixed Income 2.0 Fund is an actively managed, fixed income fund with the objective to generate positive total returns over the long […]
“It was time to raise the bar higher, or lower if you’re doing limbo.” Frank Edwin Wright III (Tre Cool) In limbo, the bar has been set, or more appropriately lowered, to an astonishing height of 8.5 inches. On September 16th, 2010, Shemika ‘The Limbo Queen’ Charles contorted and shimmied her way to this incredible […]
2020 Hindsight | December 2019
“We have long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune-tellers look good.” Warren Buffet Our minds inherently loathe uncertainty. Not knowing what to expect is unnerving, as it threatens our primary instinct to survive. Perhaps this explains and underlies our affinity for prophecies and predictions. A source of comfort amidst […]