Portfolio Checkup: The Canadian Dollar

Bank Of Canada Rate Dept: Video: Portfolio Checkup: An almost-retiree wonders if his investments are too risky, according to Globe and Mail. The Canadian dollar has lost almost three cents since the last Bank of Canada rate announcement in late January, at which time the bank signalled it was in no hurry to raise rates while cutting three-tenths of a point off its projections for growth for both 2012 and 2013, to 1.9 per cent and 2.0 per cent respectively and video: Why the oil-Loonie correlation is weaker than you think Portfolio Checkup The combination of softer inflation, slower growth and an awkward growth handoff away from consumption towards net-trade should work to extend the timing before the economy sees monetary stimulus removed, said Ian Pollick, Fixed Income Strategist at RBC Dominion Securities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.