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Low interest rates: opportunity and peril

Low interest rates are tempting, but in the long run, debt always comes with a risk

By Andrew Allentuck October 20, 2015

Almost every Canadian farm family has four financial goals: buy a home, pay off farm and home debt, educate the kids and build up retirement savings. Satisfying all is a problem of balancing each. Very low interest rates for the last five years have made it easier to pay off debts and buy a home, […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Cheaper crude clouds Canada’s economic fortunes

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News March 11, 2015

While dropping oil prices have boosted the U.S. economy, how the price slump will affect the outlook north of the border remains a question mark from where Canada’s largest lender sits. “In Canada, it’s a little bit less clear-cut. And the reason is our energy sector is much larger as a share of the overall […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola spikes as loonie falls

By GFM Network News January 21, 2015

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finished higher for the week ended Wednesday, tracking the U.S. soy complex for much of the period but ultimately shooting higher due to the Canadian dollar’s sudden free-fall. The weaker currency helped improve domestic crush margins and also made canola more attractive to exporters pricing in U.S. […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Why should you invest in bonds?

Bonds no longer offer interest above dividend rates,  but they are an insurance policy for market mayhem

By Andrew Allentuck January 15, 2015

Readers often ask why and how one should buy bonds. The reason used to be to get interest at a rate above what stocks pay as dividends. That does not work anymore, for bank stocks and big telecoms, for example, pay four to five per cent. Ten-year Government of Canada bonds pay 2.5 per cent. […] Read more

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

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Low interest rates: opportunity and peril

Cheaper crude clouds Canada’s economic fortunes

ICE weekly outlook: Canola spikes as loonie falls

Why should you invest in bonds?

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