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By: Dan B

Dan B — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:00:17 +0000

Just a note to explain that my MoneySense piece will be available on the magazine’s website when they relaunch it on December 18. Thanks to all those who were interested in reading it.

By: Preet Banerjee

Preet Banerjee — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:50:51 +0000

Thanks for the link CC and you too Dan!

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:10:34 +0000

Thanks Dan!

By: IZZY

IZZY — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:13:06 +0000

Any further information available or forums regarding investment clubs in ontario would be greatly appreciated. Most i have seen have been American links and sites.

By: Potato

Potato — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:13:06 +0000

Thanks for the link!

By: Dan B

Dan B — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:55:46 +0000

Sam: Preet did a blog post on forward agreements that may be helpful:
http://www.wheredoesallmymoneygo.com/the-basic-types-of-derivatives-explained

You’re right that the new Claymore bond ETF, as well as their Global Dividend ETF, hold derivatives rather than the actual securities in the index they track.

By: Dan B

Dan B — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:51:20 +0000

Alan: Looks like MoneySense took my article off their website. Email me and I can make sure you get an electronic copy.

Cheers,
Dan Bortolotti

By: MDJ

MDJ — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:17:52 +0000

Thanks for the link CC!

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:26:34 +0000

I couldn’t get any content of the MoneySense article, perhaps they removed it?

I subscribe to MS and am waiting to computer copy that ETF article for my educational research.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:00:35 +0000

The MoneySense article didn’t get into but I’m curious about these “forward-agreement” bond ETFs like Claymore’s Canadian Advantaged Bond ETF (Ticker: CAB). Are any of you familiar with it? I think it’s technically a derivative whose returns are based on the DLUX Capped Bond Index.