«Taxes help fund important public services that Canadians rely on, but the issue is the amount of taxes governments take compared to what
Canadians get in return,» said Charles Lammam, a co-author of the report.
Not exact matches
«If your approach is to just buy a bunch of reports to see what's going on
in the marketplace, that's not as likely to
get you a
return on your market research dollars as a specific need,» says Robert Rubenstein, who spent three decades
in the market research business at
Canadian corporate heavyweights Molson Breweries and TD Canada Trust before recently founding his own startup, Horizn.
So far, the S&P TSX is among the worst performing markets
in the world this year; over a longer horizon, it doesn't
get much better, with
Canadian equities having delivered a paltry 4 per cent annualized
return over the past decade.»
* According to a Franklin Templeton Global Investment Survey concluded
in March 2015, 47 per cent of
Canadian investors believe they will
get the best equity
returns in the U.S. stock market, compared to 24 per cent
in 2014.
If the greenback loses value versus the loonie, then a
Canadian holding CGL would
get a boost
in returns.
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So, you
get the same
return as the S&P 500
in Canadian dollars.
Canada's equity market
got the cold shoulder from investors seeking better
returns elsewhere during the first half of 2017, but the attitude towards
Canadian stocks is beginning to warm up based on ETF flows
in August.
That has been a benefit for
Canadians who hold US equities: not only did the stocks deliver huge
returns in their local currency
in 2013, but we
got a further boost thanks to the appreciation of the US dollar.
I have a
Canadian friend who moved to the US after graduating,
got an American citizenship, and now has
returned to live
in Canada permanently, but with dual citizenship now.
On the flipside, if the British pound rises (as it has
in 2014),
Canadians will
get a boost
in the
return of the UK stocks
in this fund.
(To
get your bigger TFSA working for you now, download the September / October issue of MoneySense magazine) He has been generally hostile to the idea of a mandatory enhancement to the CPP, but with an election looming Harper said
in May he'd explore the idea of allowing
Canadians to voluntarily make additional CPP contributions
in return for higher payouts.
The sell - off
in U.S. and
Canadian bonds has raised yields due within 10 years to levels at which investors can finally
get decent
returns, according to Moore, who co-manages more than $ 50 billion
in Canadian and U.S. fixed income for Fidelity.
For
Canadian tax purposes, Rob would include the $ 100,000
in his
Canadian tax
return as foreign pension income (as illustrated by the mechanics
in the case above), but he would
get an offsetting deduction for a $ 100,000 RRSP contribution since there is a special rule that allows you to contribute IRA funds to an RRSP without needing unused RRSP room.
This week's Gaming Podcast deals with Jordan Lund discussing how much negative flak Windows 8 has been
getting, Daniel Quick being his usual
Canadian self, Paul Nowak
returning triumphantly, and Jonah Falcon just taking infamy
in stride.
«There are a lot of business opportunities available but when I started to look closely at what is actually involved
in getting started & becoming successful (time, money, education,
return on investment), the opportunity presented by
Canadian Residential Inspection Services made the most sense to me,» says Alex Cruz.