Quotes of the Day

If you can’t make money with unleveraged trades, you’ll never make money with leveraged trades. [2009] - Robert C. Miner

Large-cap mining stocks actually offer more safety and less risk than mutual funds.  [2008] - Michael Maloney

Sitting directly to the right of the host, honored guest, or most admired person at a dinner party holds unspoken status. [2009] - Leil Lowndes

Nerve.com allows you to reply directly to "shares" (similar to Facebook status updates) for specific questions, such as "What did you do last night?" Research shows that users are 44 percent more likely to receive a response if they write to someone based on a "share" than if they had sent a message without context. [2013] - Laurie Davis

I recommending including a mix of government and high-quality corporate bonds in your portfolio, and you can do this easily with a single fund. The most widely used bond indexes in Canada include about 70-80% government bonds, with the reminder in corporates, a blend that should suit most investors. These so-called "broad-market" bond funds also include a cross-section of maturities. About 40-45% are short-term bonds (which mature in less than 5 years), another 25% or so are intermediate (maturing in 5-10 years) and the rest are longer-term bonds with maturities of more than 10 years. In general, bonds with short maturities are the least volatile and have the lowest expected returns. [2021] - Dan Bortolotti