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The Globe and Mail's Globe Investor section (which replaced Net Worth) is dedicated to giving you what you need to manage your personal finances successfully. Globe Investor appears every Saturday in The Globe and Mail and on globeinvestor.com. View our archive of past Globe Investor issues.
TOP STORY
The lure of the Latin beat
Latin America has dealt investors some nasty surprises in the past. But, along with the bad times have been periods of spectacular gains in these emerging markets. Here's a snapshot of what's happening today, and how investors can play the region.
By GUY DIXON
Convivial rhythms, wonderful food, vibrant cultures -- such things are less important to Latin American leaders these days. They instead find themselves drawn to hushed surroundings like the Upper Canada room at the Royal York hotel in Toronto.
HOW TO PLAY THE REGION
By GUY DIXON
From the point of view of mutual fund analysts on Bay Street, Latin America is at best an acquired taste.Imagine a naive tourist lost in a remote town in the Andean mountains, with no command of Spanish and little sense of direction. (Put him in a polo shirt and loud Bermuda shorts for added effect.)
Should you trust those energy trusts?
Oil and gas royalty trusts broke investors' hearts when energy collapsed 2 years ago. Now they're back in vogue thanks to soaring crude prices.
By GAIL EL BAROUDI
Most investors have steered clear of energy royalty trust units for the past couple of years, but those who were bold enough to buy them within the past few months are now rubbing their hands in glee.
Sax man keeps investment group in groove
By TONY MARTIN
Owwww! How could anyone with the tight, disciplined bands James Brown assembled not feel good! It probably helped that in addition to a feel for the groove, his back-up musicians also were motivated to hit their musical marks by Mr. Brown's habit of fining them when they tripped up his dancing feet.
NET WORTH - BEST BUYS
A weekly scorecard of some of the lowest and highest rates and yields across Canada. The survey of mortgage, GIC and car loan rates - taken from a sample of companies by Cannex Financial Exchanges - covers posted rates only, so consumers may be able to haggle for a better deal at some financial institutions.
The second-annual rating of on-line brokers has some investors riled up, Rob Carrick says.
By ROB CARRICK
Nothing gets investors riled up like a discussion about who's good and who's awful in the on-line brokerage business.The Globe and Mail published its second-annual rating of on-line brokers last week and e-mails have been flying in thick and fast. (You can still read the survey on www.globeinvestor.com).
As stocks become more volatile, mutual funds offer a safety factor many individually crafted portfolios lack, Gordon Powers says.
By GORDON POWERS
Although it may seem otherwise, overall market volatility is no higher now than the average for the past seven decades, reports a new study from a team led by Harvard Professor John Campbell. In fact, the study says, the market of the 1990s was roughly 20 per cent less volatile than in the 1970s and 30 per cent less volatile than in the 1980s.
You'll need healthy returns in your RESP if your investment is going to keep pace with tuition costs, Jeffrey Rubin says.
By JEFFREY RUBIN
So you want to save for little boo-boo's college education. Certainly a prudent move given how limited opportunities already are in today's labour market for anyone without a post-secondary education.
