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		<title><![CDATA[End of the Year Bargain Hunting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   This is the time of year when many investors sell lagging stocks to claim capital losses that can be applied to capital gains to reduce taxes. The prices of some securities may therefore come under abnormal selling pressure for a time and fall below what...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:04:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Using ETFs for Tax Harvesting: Hidden Alpha?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F176065-using-etfs-for-tax-harvesting-hidden-alpha%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   One of the advantages of exchange-traded funds ETFs is that they make it easier to harvest tax losses in taxable accounts. For example, if you have a loss showing in the iShares CDN Large Cap 60 Index Fund XIU you can simultaneously sell it and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:39:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bonds vs. Bond ETFs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   I have been wrestling with the question of whether it is better for the retail investor to buy bonds directly or bond exchange-traded funds ETFs. At this stage, I&#8217;m leaning toward bond ETFs as the best way to go for long-term horizons (e.g. retirement funds)....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:18:35 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Schwab's New ETFs: A Watershed Event]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   U.S. broker Charles Schwab&#8217;s launch this week of 8 new exchange traded funds ETFs could be a watershed event for providers and users of ETFs and mutual funds. What&#8217;s remarkable is that Schwab has fixed its management expense ratios MERs even lower than the Vanguard...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:43:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will Canada Be Next to Raise Interest Rates?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F170901-will-canada-be-next-to-raise-interest-rates%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   Rate hikes by the Reserve Bank of Australia have led some analysts to wonder if the Bank of Canada will be soon following suit. David A. Rosenberg, Chief Economist & Strategist at Gluskin Sheff, is not one of them. by Larry MacDonald]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:59:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More on the Mutual Fund vs. ETF Debate: Part II]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   Here is the second part of the post on the ETF vs. mutual fund debate &#8230;.     Product integrity by Larry MacDonald]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:22:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Traders Are Front-Running ETFs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   Another aspect of exchange-traded funds ETFs coming to the fore lately is front-running. That&#8217;s the practice where traders buy ahead of large orders from ETFs and short sell ahead of large sell orders. They scalp profits by flipping their newly acquired long positions back to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:44:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will Canadian Housing Prices Continue on a Tear?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F164337-will-canadian-housing-prices-continue-on-a-tear%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   House prices in Canada enjoyed their third consecutive monthly rise in July, with all regions contributing to the national increase for the first time in 13 months (according to the latest Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index). Ottawa led the month-to-month change with a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:02:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Joining the Chorus Against the ETF Explosion]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F162434-joining-the-chorus-against-the-etf-explosion%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   Now the explosion in exchange-traded funds ETFs has gone too far. I held off with this charge while others like John Bogle bemoaned the arrival of sector ETFs, &#8220;intelligent ETFs,&#8221; and other departures from broad-market ETFs. But as of this day, I&#8217;m joining Bogle and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:36:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Airline Stocks Have Been Soaring]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F162030-airline-stocks-have-been-soaring%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   An article today on breakingviews.com about the airline sector reminded me of my post earlier this year suggesting the Claymore/NYSE Arca Airline ETF FAA as a speculative buy. Let&#8217;s check in with the industry to see what&#8217;s up these days. by Larry MacDonald]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:46:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Some Commodity ETFs Are Breaking Down]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   This is not supposed to happen in the world of exchange-traded funds ETFs. Some rather large and persistent premiums to net asset value have emerged recently. by Larry MacDonald]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:41:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Canada's Transat: A Play on the Rising Loonie?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F159491-canada-s-transat-a-play-on-the-rising-loonie%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   Transat A.T. (TRZAF.PK) is Canada&#8217;s largest travel tour operator. It stands to benefit from a higher Canadian dollar (which makes trips to foreign destinations cheaper, thereby increasing demand for travel/vacation packages outside of the country). by Larry MacDonald]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:41:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rosenberg Sees an L-Shaped Recovery]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F157204-rosenberg-sees-an-l-shaped-recovery%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   There are still some bearish commentators who have not changed their tune. David Rosenberg, Chief Economist & Strategist with Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. is one. He is calling for an L-shaped recovery because he doesn&#8217;t think U.S. consumers will resume spending like they usually...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:10:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Risk Budgeting With VIX ETNs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F155306-risk-budgeting-with-vix-etns%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   Mark Yamada, President & CEO of P?R Investing Inc., designs portfolios of exchange-traded funds ETFs for investors. In my last post, I reviewed his use of  &#8220;risk budgeting&#8221; to rebalance portfolios with regard to the volatility of stock markets (a technique employed by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:52:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does White Collar Crime Pay in Canada?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F151692-does-white-collar-crime-pay-in-canada%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   Earl Jones, the Montreal financial consultant suspected of running a Ponzi scheme, is now in police custody and scheduled to appear in court July 28. It will be interesting to see what sentence the Canadian judicial system hands down. There seems to be a general...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:01:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nortel and the Tax Implications of Bankruptcies]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   Mr. Roy, a former Nortel Networks senior manager, did not realize he was headed for disaster when he exercised options on 5,000 Nortel shares at $50. It was the glory days when the shares were trading at $100 in the stock market, so his immediate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:42:44 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Proposed Changes to Canadian Pension Plan]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F148311-proposed-changes-to-canadian-pension-plan%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   The Department of Finance recently announced a set of proposals to change the Canada Pension Plan CPP. So far there seems to have been little coverage in the media. Perhaps there should be more. One big change planned is a reduction in pension benefits for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:09:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is BCE's Dividend Safe?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   A thread on the Financial Webring discussion forum asks &#8220;How safe is BCE&#8217;s Dividend?&#8221; One poster said the dividend on the common stock, now yielding 6.4%, was getting too &#8220;yummy&#8221; and possibly signaling trouble ahead. Another referenced a Globe and Mail article highlighting increased rivalry...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:10:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Natural Gas Oversupply to Weigh on Oil Prices?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F144464-natural-gas-oversupply-to-weigh-on-oil-prices%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   The divergence in natural-gas and crude-oil prices has gone to an extreme. Natural-gas prices have fallen below $4 (U.S.) per million British thermal units while crude oil prices have shot up and are hovering close to $70 (U.S.) a barrel, leaving the ratio of oil-to-gas...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:11:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hoping for a Vanguard Takeover of iShares]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F141264-hoping-for-a-vanguard-takeover-of-ishares%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry MacDonald submits:   There apparently is a rumor going around that Vanguard Group may buy Barclays' BCS iShares family of exchange-traded funds before the June 16 deadline that Barclays&#8217; has for shopping the asset around hat tip to Preet Banerjee. There will be a big break-up fee of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:39:03 -0700</pubDate>
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