Posts Tagged ‘Interest Rates’
Financial Post / Ted Rechtshaffen
Why it might be time for investors to take some risk off the table
Ted Rechtshaffen: There’s greater risk in investing in the stock market today than in most periods There are very few absolutes when it comes to the timing of investment shifts, and that is because timing the market has proven to be a very inexact science. Yet, today, I am saying it is time to lighten…
Read MoreFinancial Post / Rechtshaffen: Lessons from 20 years of TriDelta that weather economic, political storms
By consistently investing smartly and putting savings away and in the right place, you will build up real wealth over time I have been in the wealth management industry for more than 30 years, but my firm is celebrating its 20th anniversary, which, given the many client discussions that have taken place in that time,…
Read MoreFinancial Post / Rechtshaffen: Five reasons why home prices will rise 10% in 2025
If you are considering buying, it is time to get busy. Today is an opportunity that will look cheap a year from now I aggressively predicted last year that the Bank of Canada would lower interest rates by two per cent and this would be the key theme of 2024. As it turns out, I…
Read MoreFinancial Post / Rechtshaffen: Investing for 6% income in a declining interest rate world
These days you need to look somewhere other than GICs and money market funds. Ted Rechtshaffen explores the options. The recent declines in Canadian interest rates have been a wonderful thing for some, but others are seeing their guaranteed investment returns rapidly decline. A top-rate guaranteed investment certificate (GIC) today pays 4.05 per cent for…
Read MoreFinancial Post / Rechtshaffen: How to yield 8% or more as your fixed income yields decline
High yield investments are still out there with only slightly higher risk than GICs and money market funds In the past 18 months, there has been a big migration of investment dollars to money markets, guaranteed investment certificates and short-term bonds โ five per cent yields will do that. The problem is that they are…
Read MoreFinancial Post / Rechtshaffen: Big interest rate cuts ahead from the Bank of Canada if 2001 is any indication
They say that actions speak louder than words, and this definitely applies when it comes to the Bank of Canada. The central bank now forecasts the consumer price inflation (CPI) index will return to two per cent in mid-2025. If this two-year prediction causes you concern that policymakers wonโt be lowering rates for two years,…
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