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Corporate Bonds or Government Bonds – What should a risk-averse investor choose in a balanced portfolio?

The Corporate Bond Trifecta One of the most basic choices for investors when building a balanced portfolio is whether to invest in government bonds or corporate bonds1. Intuitively, the thought is government bonds are more appropriate…

Lysander Announces Cash Distributions for the Lysander-Canso ActivETFs

TORONTO, May 21, 2025 /CNW/ – Lysander Funds Limited (“Lysander”) announces the May 2025 cash distributions for each of Lysander-Canso Corporate Treasury ActivETF and Lysander-Canso Floating Rate ActivETF (TSX Symbols: LYCT and LYFR, respectively) (each, an…

Are US Bonds a Free Lunch for Canadian Investors?

Why would anyone invest in Government of Canada bonds when they could achieve greater yields by investing in the US Treasuries? Based on the US and Canada yield curves illustrated in Chart 1, investors could achieve…

Fulcra Commentary – Q1 2025

Trade Wars Dear Investors, In our January and February commentaries we began to discuss the growing risk of political change impacting the financial markets. We did not know the extent to which government policy uncertainty would…

Lysander Announces Cash Distributions for the Lysander ActivETFs

TORONTO, April 22, 2025 /CNW/ – Lysander Funds Limited (“Lysander”) announces the April,May, and June 2025 cash distributions for each of Lysander-Slater Preferred Share ActivETF,Lysander-Canso Corporate Treasury ActivETF and Lysander-Canso Floating Rate ActivETF (TSXSymbols: PR; LYCT;…

Canso April 2025 Corporate Bond Newsletter

The Hour Between Dog and Wolf To illustrate the turmoil that has characterized the last three weeks, below we plot the daily movements in high yield credit spreads dating back to 1997. Of little surprise, on…

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