Blog: Cutting Through the Noise
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Steadyhand on Facebook
Excerpt from Neil Jensen's blog on November 14, 2007
We've just created a Steadyhand page on Facebook, available here (you'll have to sign up for a free Facebook membership if you don't already have one). Frankly at this stage it is an experiment, but we're inspired in part by ...Read More
Those Damn Academics
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on November 14, 2007
Some mutual fund executives must be getting pretty fed up with the academic world. First there was the study Mutual Fund Fees Around the World published last year by three professors from Harvard Business School, the London Business School and ...Read More
Stick to the Fundamentals and Good Things can Happen
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on November 12, 2007
The Globe and Mail, Report on Business Published November 10, 2007 As an equity guy, I don't like to admit it, but I recently spent some time with the bond team at Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management. Bondies aren't ...Read More
I'll be Happy With 10% a Year
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on November 8, 2007
I don’t know what the market is going to do in the coming months. I do know we will have weak markets at some point (and I suspect they could be quite messy given the extremes we are now experiencing ...Read More
Lump of Coal Award
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on November 6, 2007
As I caught up on my reading this weekend, I was perusing an advertising feature that the Investment Fund Institute of Canada (IFIC) placed in the papers last week. The lead article was a review of a survey that IFIC ...Read More
Show me the Return
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on November 5, 2007
Ever wonder why your broker or mutual fund company doesn’t show performance on your account statement? The reason is pretty simple – they don’t have to. There’s a group of financial advisors who are trying to change that. The Investor ...Read More
Videocast: Wil Wutherich
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on November 1, 2007
With the camera rolling, the manager of the Steadyhand Small-Cap Equity Fund (Wil Wutherich) recently sat down with Tom to talk shop. Watch the video to learn more about Wil's background, investing style, and the Small-Cap Fund (note: high speed internet required...Read More
On the Road Again: Please Don't Breathe on Me
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on October 30, 2007
After being grounded for five months, I got back on the road last week. Connor, Clark & Lunn was putting on an Investor Day in Toronto for their clients and that was ample reason to get me on a plane ...Read More
Investors Have More Options, so Should Fund Managers
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on October 29, 2007
The Globe and Mail, Report on Business Published October 27, 2007 My partners and I were bouncing around ideas this week for an advertising program. We weren't coming up with anything too brilliant and even starting to get a little ...Read More
New Point-of-Purchase Document: Our Comments to the Regulators
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on October 22, 2007
We have recently submitted a comment to the Joint Forum of Financial Regulators on their proposal (National Instrument 81-406) for a point-of-purchase document for mutual and segregated funds. If you have trouble sleeping, we have posted a copy of our ...Read More
Update on Tom: Back in the Saddle
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on October 17, 2007
We're pleased to announce that Tom's recovery from surgery is going extremely well and he returned to work this week and will once again be a permanent fixture around the office. While the rest of the team will likely have ...Read More
The ETF Diaries - Claymore's Response
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on October 17, 2007
On August 13th, we published a piece titled Proud to Shroud II – Claymore Balanced Funds , in which we discussed two new ETFs being offered by Claymore Investments. The new funds prompted us to make two comments. First, these ...Read More
