What did investors read about last week? The top performing mutual funds of 2018, three consumer technology stocks, and why financial bubbles burst were the most popular articles last week
The best performing mutual funds of 2018
Of over 1,000 medalist mutual funds that had positive returns, most of the top performers are U.S. focused
Three stocks to plug into the future of consumer technology
From healthcare to communication, automobiles to entertainment, these companies are developing cutting edge technologies that disrupt and transform existing industries
Why financial bubbles burst
Investors should stay calm, do their homework, and have patience to wait for their thesis to play out, even if this means being contrarian/p>
RBC iShares is now Canada’s largest ETF provider
The alliance between BlackRock and RBC could be the start of more industry consolidation, but in the short term, nothing changes for existing investors
Enbridge continues to be rare triple threat
Morningstar analyst Joe Gemino thinks the time is right for long-term investors to capitalize on the stock’s considerable upside while collecting a steady stream of growing income
What is an Index?
Investors have benefited tremendously from the growth and evolution of indices, and their use in performance management can keep active managers honest
China sees slowest economic growth since 1990
China's economy expanded by 6.6% in 2018 - the slowest rate in nearly three decades as the trade war with the U.S. takes effect
What fund managers get right
Investment managers typically get their equity purchases right on days of earnings results, but they are less successful at timing when to sell out of a stock
There are opportunities in corporate bonds
PenderFund’s Geoff Castle believes there is always one security probing the bottom, while another one is reaching its high
Five Canadian equity balanced funds likely to outperform
Of a total of 555 funds, 167 are medalist, and 12 of those have Gold ratings