Stock funds fall generally into two categories—diversified and specialty. Specialty funds narrow their scope of investment to a particular industry, such as precious metals or technology companies, a geographic region such as Asia or Europe, or a type of security such as high-dividend stocks. (See also Diversified Funds.)
Canadian Mutual Fund Adviser •2014-11-28 •
The lessons of stock-market volatility especially apply to specialty funds. If you learn from them, consider any losses the cost of tuition at the school of Bay Street. You can, Read More
Canadian Mutual Fund Adviser •2014-04-09 •
Specialty funds can be the most rewarding kind available. But they don’t necessarily stay that way for long. Astute, aggressive investors will recognize this and may move among specialty funds Read More
Canadian Mutual Fund Adviser •2014-02-26 •
Markets have behaved perversely in recent months. Good economic news was sometimes greeted with a selloff as investors feared better times would only encourage the U.S. Federal Reserve to begin Read More
