Putting People Over Sales Targets
Why incentives matter—and how to spot advice aligned with your goals, not a quota.
What Happens When Access to Equity Becomes A Valuable Commodity?
Clear answers to the most common Cannect MIC questions how it works, risks, fees, and distributions without sales spin.
Return of the MICs
Mortgage investment corporations are making a comeback, which is probably no great surprise, given that the product brings together two features that investors can’t seem to get enough of — yield and real estate. However, investors will likely muse on whether they are being invited to the party at the appropriate time given the strong run enjoyed by real estate over the past few years…
Another big MIC comes to the stock market
Investment manager Brompton Group has announced the launch of the Eclipse Residential MIC, a mortgage investment corporation specializing in single family residential mortgages…
3 Biggest Concerns Facing Canadian Investors Today
3 of the biggest concerns today for Canadian investors include: US Recession, Exchange Rates, and Inflation…
Bank of Canada’s ‘new neutral’ interest rate could be lower and later than expected
When the dust finally settles after years of low interest rates, the nagging question remains: Where will they need to be to keep economic output humming at full capacity without fanning inflation?
Interest rate jitters hit fixed income investments
Thanks to hints from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Canada that interest rates might not -in fact- stay this low forever, fixed income investments such as bonds and REIT’s have significantly dropped in value in the last few months…
Want to invest in real-estate? Here’s why bricks and mortar are not your best bet.
It’s no secret that the Canadian real-estate market has been on a tear. Real estate prices are up by 8.9% over the last 12 months. Newspapers are full of stories about homes selling for tens of thousands of dollars over asking and at least some of the middle class have gone back to that tedious habit of boasting about how much their house is worth. However, before you hand over a deposit on a shiny new condo that exists only as a gleam in a developer’s eye, consider some of the down-sides…