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Before making any investment decision, it is important to first determine the objective of the investment and how it is aligned to your investment goals. By defining your goal, one can determine if the appropriate investment will need to provide growth, income, or a combination of both.

Broadly speaking, financial markets are made up of investors and speculators. Investing and speculating are not the same. The terms are often used synonymously due to common characteristics that they share and in today’s complex financial markets the line between the two has become blurred...

Mirror mirror on the wall who is the savviest investor of them all? Many times, the new investor is looking to place their hard-earned money into an investment with hopes of achieving a stable return. With that mindset, this type of investor tends to be risk averse and will go for a “low...

In my July article, which was based on reasonable analyses and deductions, I predicted that the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) would likely start “tapering” in March 2022. Sadly, I was completely wrong. In my defence, however, I suggested then that the timeline could be brought...

In a recent Sterling Asset Management panel discussion on Investing and Insurance, a question was raised that seems to be asked quite often. “Investing is only for the rich: how does someone start investing even though they may not have enough money?”

As with any goal in life, it is...

Congratulations you have finally gotten that promotion you have been working so hard for and with that promotion your salary package has increased. An increase in one's income is worth celebrating, who does not like more disposable income? However, when your income increases you need to be...