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Connecting to the real world
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What are we thinking?
At JCIC we combine a top down view of the economy and the macro environment with bottom-up stock selection.
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Income Splitting: Can you benefit from a low interest rate environment?
At JCIC we combine a top down view of the economy and the macro environment with bottom-up stock selection.
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Benefits of International Equity Investing
Currently, Canada makes up 2.7% of the global equity market capitalization. This means there is another 97.3% of opportunities outside of our boarders. It was only back in the year 2000 that the Canadian government increased the foreign RASP limit from 20% to 25%, raised it again to 30% in 2001 and removed any restriction in 2005.
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