Blog: Cutting Through the Noise

Whose Interests?

Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on April 4, 2012

The investment banking league tables came out this week and they showed that Scotia Capital was at the top of the equity list. BNS was lead underwriter on $2.4 billion worth of deals in the first quarter. What pushed them to the top was a $1.66 billion stock...

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Who's Guaranteeing Who?

Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on August 26, 2009

Be warned. I write this after a long day, a glass of wine and having just read an article on ‘Target Date’ funds in Monday’s Report on Business (Target-date Funds Miss Their Mark). Shirley Won’s piece on these packaged, marketing-driven, fee-laden...

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Retire 40% Slower

Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on February 14, 2008

I stumbled across a large ad in the Vancouver Sun last week that caught my attention.  The headline: Retire 12.2% Faster.   How could I not read on! The ad was from the Bank of Montreal and it was referring ...

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TD Securities II - Wow, That was a Decision!

Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on August 8, 2007

I wrote a piece in March about the TD Bank double ending an investment banking transaction ( TD Securities Does a Double Ender ). The theme of the posting was how free the investment banks are to operate with huge ...

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Closed-end Funds: Should Small Investors Pay Startup Costs?

Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on May 1, 2007

The Glove and Mail, Report on Business Published April 28, 2007 I get grouchy when I see products being offered that are just plain bad for investors.  I've been grouchy a lot lately, particularly with all the high-fee, principal-protected products ...

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TD Securities Does a Double Ender

Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on March 5, 2007

There was a small item in the paper last Wednesday entitled “TD gets a double-dip from Fortis transaction.” The transaction involved repatriating the old B.C. Gas distribution business back into Canadian hands (Yeh!). U.S.-based Kinder Morgan sold Fortis the assets ...

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Structured Products – Proud to Shroud

Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on February 27, 2007

I like to read Doug Steiner’s columns in the ROB Magazine. You never know what he’s going to write about. You do know, however, that he will have a strong view on whatever it is. In this month’s issue, Doug ...

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