Two Canadian insurers with gains ahead

Insurers write policies, collect premiums from customers, and then invest those premiums to meet future claims. They’re required to invest significant amounts of that money in fixed-income instruments, namely bonds. That means high interest rates are a boon to their returns. Both these insurance stocks… Read More

Ways ETFs determine their stock weightings

Most of the large and popular exchange-traded funds are passively managed index-tracking funds. Passive fund management for ETFs involves investing to mirror the holdings and performance of a specific stock-market index. The indexes that form the basis of these ETFs are provided by major index… Read More