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sounds like market timing to me.
- No one knows the answer to this question - at least, know one that I know.
It's like trying to predict an earthquake - there are signs, but no one will know...

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/pensions/index.html - some great spredsheets on annuities etc,
interesting link above...especially the retirement planner -...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/asian-growth-has-manulife-poised-for-a-big-rebound/article11880823/
looks like a few analysts are bullish on MFC.

oh well..maybe next year.

I had to do it. Yes..I know - I live in Vancouver, should be rootin' for the home team - but they're golfing now. Besides, I grew up watching the leafs. Who's with me? :tongue-new:

I thought so.
Assuming no change in the market (not necesarily a reasonable asssumption), then buying US equities would result in a postive return based on currency devaluation.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/td-bank-forecasts-loonie-could-sink-to-90-cents-us-by-2014-1.1274297

Assuming that the above prediction, that the Cdn $ will drop to 0.90 USD, what can one predict...

All MF's will get yer money when they charge their fees - that's a given. The fact that they carry 10% in cash, IMO, suggests that they will ready for a drop in the market, and able to buy low. The...

https://www.google.ca/finance?q=MUTF_CA%3AMAW104&ei=y_SHUfi0C6eQiQKWSg

Look up Mawer Cdn Balanced fund - it's top 10 holdings are Mawer funds, including New canada (albeit, quite a small %)
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I'm a big fan of Mawer funds - good passive funds, relatively low MER's. I have purhased Mawer Balanced RSP MAW 104(?) and Mawer Equity in my RSP's. They have done very well, and suit me given that I...

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/02/poll-shows-2-percent-voters-think-armed-revolution-might-be-needed/

check out this article - 30% in the US believe that an armed rebellion is the only...

So, you agree that it is shock journalism to some extent - a docudrama designed to shock viewers and mismanage facts at the expense of be factual.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/04/29/f-rfa-macdonald-power-shift-growth.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/04/30/f-rfa-macdonald-monarchs-money-secrecy.html
I didn't watch this...

"Noting that the current debt-to-income ratio sits at more than 160 per cent, the consulting firm called the trend to higher debt levels “unsustainable” for consumers."...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss6v5XFsDkk

here we are HP -
I am not under my bed as I write this article - a tad dramatic I agree - but your response is well written, and I'm getting more...