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A few simple tips can put more in your pockets and less in the tax man's Maybe you've always thought of tax planning as a topic reserved for the yachting [...]

You're paying more for milk than you should. Why? To help dairy marketing boards subsidize cheaper exports Canada has lost a final appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) that [...]

High fees and taxes are two good reasons to be skeptical about wrap accounts A lot of financial advisers are singing about the beauty of wrap accounts. Haven't heard that [...]

Franchise operators say they're getting a raw deal from Canada Post Jim Snowdon's downtown Toronto drugstore has been in his family for three generations. And for at least 55 years, [...]

Real Estate Investment Trusts offer mouthwatering returns, until the income stream runs dry If you're an investor looking for a steady stream of income, Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs, [...]

Index funds are finally cutting fees. But canny investors can find even better deals elsewhere Index funds are the new darlings of the mutual fund industry - and with good [...]

How much should you pay to diversify your cash? A lot less than some people are charging If you've put aside a few dollars in mutual funds or other investments, [...]

A comfortable old age is more affordable than you think, so start spending If you're driving yourself crazy trying to save for retirement while raising a family and paying off [...]

Bond funds are just as likely to give you a headache as they are to cure the Asian flu If you're thinking of investing in a bond fund to offset [...]

Labor-sponsored funds offer sweet tax breaks, but the price may be higher than you think Looking for a final kick at the tax can before the end of February? You [...]

Reforms to Canada's bond-trading system can't come too soon. As things stand, investors only find out what they've paid after the deal is done Tom Wolfe called them 'masters of [...]

It's inexpensive and effective, which is probably why you've never heard about a new plan to train Third World bank regulators If you have more than a sneaking suspicion that [...]

Canadian families are paying too much tax - in part to support seniors who don't need the help. As a result, claims Malcolm Hamilton, pension actuary for William M. Mercer [...]

The public service pension plan is vastly overfunded. What's going to happen to all the excess money? Here's one more reason to resent civil servants. The federal government has limited [...]

A virtual monopoly on beer sales in Ontario has some small brewers thirsting for competition Imagine you're a little guy with a terrific product but your much larger competitors own [...]

Buyers: Meet the broker on your block. Sellers: Ontario Hydro goes asset stripping. And much, much more Oh, Canada! Oh, trivia! It's not enough that trivia games are a Canadian [...]