Insights

At Lysander Funds we strive to inform and educate Canadian investors. In this section you'll find resources that highlight the thinking of our Portfolio Managers.

Understanding the Business Cycle

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The business cycle is the ebb and flow of economic activity, which is denoted by four distinct stages: expansion, peak, contraction and trough. The timing, duration and intensity of each stage varies.

Starting from the bottom – Fundamental analysis

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Fundamental analysis is a “bottom up” valuation technique used to determine the market value of a stock, common share or equity security.

What is a bank run?

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What happens when everybody wants to withdraw their money from the bank at the same time? It’s called a bank run and it spells trouble for banks all over the world.

What’s a market correction?

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Every investor should expect to experience a market correction and the one certainty is that every correction is followed by a recovery.

Lysander Announces Cash Distributions for the Lysander ActivETFs

TORONTO, July 21, 2023 /CNW/ ‐ Lysander Funds Limited (“Lysander”) announces the July, August, and September 2023 cash distributions for each of Lysander‐Slater Preferred Share ActivETF, Lysander‐Canso Corporate Treasury ActivETF and Lysander‐Canso Floating Rate ActivETF (TSX Symbols: PR; LYCT; LYFR, respectively)…

Slater Quarterly Recap – July 2023

The Canadian Preferred Share market lost ground in April and May, but recovered some of those losses in June. Overall, the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Total Return Index (the “Index”) was down 2.07% in Q2/23. Similarly, Series…