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BMO ETFs: Views from the Desk — 375 episodes

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E323 – A CIO's Framework for Tuning Out the Noise

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E322 – BMO Market+ ETFs: Enhancing Core Equity Exposure

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E321 – Guided ETF Portfolio Strategy Q3 2026

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E320 – Where is the Next AI Investment Opportunity?

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E319 – How Do You Build an Inflation-Resilient Portfolio?

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E318 – CDRs Explained: A Canadian Approach to International Markets

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The Open Outcry: On USD/CAD and the FX Market

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⁠E317 –⁠ SpaceX and Mega-IPOs: How Indices Are Adapting

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E316 – Rethinking US Equity Exposure

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The Open Outcry: Why ETFs Are Winning Institutional Attention

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E315 – Unpacking Index Investing with MSCI Canada

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E314 – What’s Driving the Asset Allocation ETF Boom?

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The Open Outcry: All Things Canada and CAD Rates

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E313 – Reading the Market Through ETF Flows

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E312 – No Cuts, No Hikes. How Are ETFs Positioned?

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The Open Outcry: Inside Canada’s 2026 Spring Economic Update

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E311 – The Case for Covered Call ETFs

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The Open Outcry: What to Make of Private Credit

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E310 – Deep Dive on Asset Allocation ETFs

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E309 – Guided ETF Portfolio Strategy Q2 2026

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E308 – Cutting Through the Credit Noise

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The Open Outcry: Catching Up with Brent Joyce

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E307 – Q1 2026: What ETF Flows Are Telling Us

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The Open Outcry: How Will Canadian Economy Handle the Oil Shock?

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E306 – Unpacking the Defensive Investing Toolkit

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E305 – Positioning for the AI Market Shift

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The Open Outcry: Where Oil, Gas & Gold Prices Could Go from Here

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E304 – Decoding Q1 Canadian Bank Earnings

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⁠E303 –⁠ Going Global: International Equities in Focus

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The Open Outcry: The State of the US Market: Fed Policy, AI, and the Dollar

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E302 – Unpacking BMO's New ETF Index Strategies

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E301 – ETF Strategies for a Longer Retirement

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E300 – Commodities Through the ETF Lens

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The Open Outcry: Precious Metals React to ‘War Time’ Geopolitical Shifts

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The Open Outcry: Hike, Hold or Cut? Where the BoC and Fed Policy Paths are Headed

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E299 – Understanding FX Hedging Dynamics

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E298 – 2026 ETF Industry Flows & Market Trends

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E297 – Guided ETF Portfolio Strategy Q1 2026

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The Open Outcry: Credit Market Positioning for the Year Ahead

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E296 – 2026 Outlook: Top ETFs & Trends to Watch

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E295 – The Case for Asset Allocation ETFs

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E294 – 2025 ETF Flows: A Milestone Year

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The Open Outcry: Examining Alts in Current Portfolio Construction

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The Open Outcry: Looking for Upside Surprises in Equities Next Year

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E293 – Decoding Q4 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E292 – Strengthening Your Core with ETFs

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The Open Outcry: Two Sectors Poised for a Bullish 2026

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E291 – 2025 ETF Trends in Canada

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The Open Outcry: A Brief but Deep Dive on the AI Theme

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E290 – What is Tax-Loss Selling?

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E289 – What the 2025 Federal Budget Means for Investors

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E288 – A Deep Dive on CLOs

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E287 – The Case for Commodities

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The Open Outcry: Why Equities Should Benefit from Tailwinds into 2026

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E286 – Outlook for International Equities

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The Open Outcry: A Chat with Stephen Poloz

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E285 – Guided ETF Portfolio Strategy Q4 2025

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The Open Outcry: Renewed U.S.-China Trade War Clouds Outlook

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Simplify Your Portfolio with Asset Allocation ETFs

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E284 – Understanding Long-Short Strategies

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The Open Outcry Podcast: Gold’s ‘Glow Up’ Moment

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E283 – A Deep Dive on Canadian Equities

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The Open Outcry: Checking in on the Canadian Housing Market

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E282 – Mitigating U.S. Dollar Risk with Hedged-to-CAD Strategies

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E281 – What ETF Flows Are Telling Us

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The Open Outcry: A Quick Overview of the Credit Market

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E280 – Decoding Q3 Canadian Bank Earnings

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The Open Outcry: September seasonality and other macro factors driving markets

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E279 – The Past, Present, and Future of ETFs

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E278 – Tech Trends and the Knowledge Revolution

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The Open Outcry: How to deal with volatility in the U.S. rates market

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E277 – Trump, Tariffs, and Trade Agreements

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The Open Outcry: How fast is the U.S. macro backdrop weakening?

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The Open Outcry: All About CLOs

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E276 – Trump vs. Powell: Unpacking the Feud

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The Open Outcry: The Bank of Canada’s Path Forward

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E275 – Guided Portfolio Strategy Q3 2025

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E274 – Gold that Glows with Cash that Flows

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E273 – Going Beyond the Index with Brian Belski

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The Open Outcry: What the Middle East Conflict Means for the Commodity Space

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E272 – Decoding Q2 Canadian Bank Earnings

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The Open Outcry: The 411 on Section 899

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E271 – Mid-Year Insights: ETF Industry Flows

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The Open Outcry: June House View - Neutral for Now but Keep the Engine Running

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E270 – An Investor’s Guide to Infrastructure in 2025

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The Open Outcry: One Big, Beautiful Podcast that Unpacks Trump’s ‘One, Big Beautiful’ Tax Bill

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E269 – An Intro to CLOs

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E268 – The Case for Tactical Investing

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The Open Outcry: The Current State of the CAD and US Rates Markets

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The Open Outcry: A Guide to Hedge Fund Investing

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E267 – What Canada’s Election Results Mean for Investors

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E266 – A Gameplan for the Trade War

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The Open Outcry: New Liberal Government Confronts Rising Recession Risk

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E265 – A Deep Dive on Covered Call ETFs

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The Open Outcry: Why Cracks Are Widening in US Dollar Dominance

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The Open Outcry: How Canada Should Handle Trump’s Tariff Shock

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The Open Outcry: Understanding the Gold Market

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E264 – Riding the Stock Market Roller-Coaster

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E263 – Guided Portfolio Strategy Q2 2025

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E262 – Targeting Your Investment Goals

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NEW PODCAST - The Open Outcry: Burning Questions Ahead of Key U.S. Tariff Deadline

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E261 – Fixed Income Insights and Inflation

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E260 – Decoding Q1 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E259 – Trends in ETF Flows

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E258 – Trump’s Tariffs: Where Do They Stand?

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E257 – A Deep Dive on Sector Investing

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E256 – What are CDRs?

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E255 – How Will Trump Tariffs Hit Tech?

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E254 – Guided Portfolio Strategy Q1 2025

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E253 – Trump, Tariffs & Trade

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E252 – Should You Be Wary of the U.S. Market in 2025?

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E251 – A Record-Breaking Year for Canadian ETFs

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President-Elect Donald Trump’s Tariff Threat is Too Big to Dismiss

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E250 – Decoding Q4 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E249 – Fixed Income Positioning After Jumbo BoC Rate Cut

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E248 – A Deep Dive on Long-Short Strategies

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E247 – A Trump 2.0 Economy

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E246 – Investing in New Era of Infrastructure Transformation

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E245 – Using ETFs for Tax-Loss Selling Strategies

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E244 – Investing Post-U.S. Election

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E243 – Making Sense of Quality Investing

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E242 – Guided Portfolio Strategy Q4 2024

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E241 – What to Expect from Interest Rates

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E240 – A Deep Dive on Currency Strategies

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E239 – The Fed Cut. Now What?

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E238 – Decoding Q3 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E237 – BMO ETF Q3 Investment Strategy

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E236 – What Are ETF Flows Telling Us?

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E235 – Dissecting Recession Risks

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E234 – Fed Cut Could Be Coming. Here’s What to Expect

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E233 – The Case for Global Equities, Today

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E232 – Cathie Wood on Innovation Investing

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E231 – An Economic Outlook

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E230 – A Deep Dive on AI and the Investment Cycle

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E229 – Understanding Buffer ETFs

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E228 – Decoding Q2 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E227 – A Deep Dive on Factor ETFs

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E226 – BMO GAM’s House View

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E225 – Trump vs. Biden: How the U.S. Election Could Impact Markets

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E224 – ETF Industry Flows

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E223 – Fed to Shrink Balance Sheet at Slower Pace

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E222 – 'Higher for Longer' is Back

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E221 – 2024 Federal Budget Highlights

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E220 – A Divergence in Economic Strength

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E219 – Gold’s Record-High Rally

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E218 – Fed Holds & Hints 3 Cuts to Come

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E217 – A Deep Dive on Gold

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E216 – Decoding Q1 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E215 – It’s Still ‘Too Early’ for Cuts

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E214 – How Long Will Nvidia’s Reign Last?

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E213 – Inflation Falls Within BoC Target. What’s Next?

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E212 – U.S. Inflation Up. When Are Rates Coming Down?

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E211 – A Deep Dive on Buffer ETFs

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E210 – Unpacking the Latest U.S. Economic Data

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E209 – Rates, Netflix & Trump

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E208 – ETF Industry Outlook

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E207 – 2024 BMO ETF Desk Update on Positioning

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E206 – A Year in Review

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E205 – Decoding Q4 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E204 – A Deep Dive on HISA ETFs

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E203 – Bank of Canada Ends Year with a Hold

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E202 – Bank Earnings: Hits & Misses

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E201 – Earnings, Inflation & the “Magnificent Seven”

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E200 – Is the End of Fed Rate Hikes in Sight?

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E199 – Treasuries and Tax-Loss Selling

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E198 – Places to Park Cash

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E197 – Interest Rates on Hold. What’s Next?

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BMO ETF Q4 Investment Strategy

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E196 – Cash Rules. How to Play the Current Yield Environment

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E195 – Stocks Plunge as Yields Surge

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E194 – U.S. Government Shutdown, Explained

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E193 – How to Play the Fed’s Higher for Longer Rate Path

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E192 – Decoding Q3 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E191 – Time to Consider Taking Profit, Rotating to Low-Vol Strategy

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E190 – The Fed is ‘Navigating by the Stars Under Cloudy Skies’

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E189 – Is Inflation Making a Comeback?

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E188 – Putting the Income Back Into “Fixed Income”

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E187 – Japan Tries to Pivot

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E186 – What the Workplace Evolution Means for REITs

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BMO ETF Q3 Investment Strategy

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E185 – Is It Time to Buy International Equities?

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E184 – Bank of Canada Won’t Rule Out Future Rate Hikes

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E183 – Canada’s Inflation Slows, but Will It Prevent a Hike?

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E182 – Listening to the Yield Curve

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E181 – ‘Diversification Is the Only Free Lunch’ in Investing

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E180 – Decoding Q2 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E179 – Bank of Canada Hikes Again

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E178 – Nvidia’s Rise & AI Euphoria

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E177 – Q2 Bank Earnings a Mixed Bag

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E176 – Are Rate Hikes Back on the Table?

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E175 – Markets May Be Too Optimistic on Rate Cuts

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E174 – Will the Fed ‘Hike in May and Go Away?’

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E173 – Markets Brace for Debt Ceiling Standoff

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E172 – What Clues Do Bank Earnings Hold?

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BMO ETF Q2 Investment Strategy

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E171 – The Last Push is Always the Hardest

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E170 – Playing Defense as Regional Bank Risks Persist

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E169 – Opportunity to Buy Canadian Banks on Sale

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E168 – What the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Means for Investors

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E167 – Decoding Q1 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E166 – Wave of Downgrades Hits High-Yield Bonds

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E165 – Positioning for US Dollar Strength in Near Term

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E164 – Canadian CPI Underscores Steady Rate Outlook for Canada

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E163 – Inflation Risks Re-Acceleration in Coming Months

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E162 – Credit Spreads Signal Buying Opportunity in Fixed Income

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E161 – Investors Believe Fed Likely Close to Finished Hiking Rates

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E160 – Time to Look at Duration as BoC Signals Steadier Rate Path

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E159 – China’s Reopening Shifts Focus to Emerging Markets

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E158 – U.S. Inflation Data Trending in the Right Direction

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2023 BMO ETF Investment Outlook: Back to the Old Normal

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E157 – Decoding Q4 Canadian Bank Earnings

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Central Banks Update and Outlook for 2023

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E156 - Look to Infrastructure as Hedge Against Recession Risk

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E155 – Investors Rotating to Stocks with Rate Cycle Nearing Peak

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E154 – Canadian Banks Put Pandemic Cash Cushions to Use

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E153 – Markets on Edge Following FTX Scandal

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E152 – Tax-Loss Selling for 2022 Year-End

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E151 – From ‘Red Wave’ to Ripple

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Quarterly Portfolio Strategy Q4 2022: The Fed in the Driver’s Seat

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E150 –Timing the Market vs. Time in the Market

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E149 – Is the Bank of Canada Slowing Pace of Rate Hikes?

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E148 – Canada’s CPI is Hot Off the Press

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E147 – IMF Warns ‘The Worst is Yet to Come’

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E146 – Tax Loss Selling in 2022

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E145 – When Inflation Rears Its Head, Cash is King

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Q&A on Central Banks and Interest Rates

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E144 – Core Inflation: A Mixed Picture

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E143 – Markets Take a Tumble

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E142 – Decoding Q3 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E141 – Tough Talk from the Bank of Canada

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E140 – Bulls vs. Bears: Breaking Down Two Scenarios

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E139 – Are Economic Expectations Improving?

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E138 – Unpacking the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act

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E137 – Volatility Creates Opportunity

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Quarterly Portfolio Strategy Q3 2022: Is the Quest to Tamp Down Inflation Succeeding?

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E136 – Finding Direction in a Sideways Market

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E135 – Will the 100Bps Hike Tame Inflation?

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E134 – What Makes This Downturn Different?

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E133 – Fighting Inflation with Dividends

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E132 – The Bear Market Is Here. What's Next?

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E131 – Decoding Q2 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E130 – Are Markets Underestimating Inflation?

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E129 – Protecting Against Volatility with Infrastructure

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E128 – Weathering the Storm with Low-Vol and Covered Call

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E127 – U.S. Inflation and the Fed’s Aggressive Strategy

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E126 – Market Bottom or Looming Recession?

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E125 – ETF Portfolio Managers’ Insights on Your Allocation Questions

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E124 – Elon Musk Buys Twitter. Now What?

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E123 – Have We Reached Peak Inflation?

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Quarterly Portfolio Strategy Q2 2022: Ideas to Offset Inflation and Rising Rate Risk

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E122 – Inverted Yield Curve Equals Recession? Maybe Not.

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E121 – Russia-Ukraine and ESG Investing

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E120 – Making Sense of Uncertainty and Low Trading Volumes

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E119 – The Liberal-NDP Deal and Implications for Canadian Banks

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Protecting Against Rising Rates with ZBI

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E118 – What Could the S&P 500 ‘Death Cross’ Mean for Your Clients?

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E117 – Megatrends in Infrastructure, Energy, and Technology

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E116 – Decoding Q1 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E115 – Hedging Against Inflation with Energy

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E114 – Potential Market Impact of Geopolitical Conflict

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E113 – The Ukraine Situation and Other Uncertainties

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E112 – Evaluating a Steadying Market

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Markets Outlook for 2022

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E111 – Ideas to Preserve and Prosper Through Turbulence

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E110 – Riding Volatility with Banks and Energy

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E109 – Gearing Up for Hikes

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E108 – Bracing for Inflation

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E107 – Positioning Portfolios for 2022

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E106 – Decoding Q4 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E105 – Balancing Portfolios with Bonds and Banks

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Top 5 Picks to Park Your Greenbacks

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E104 – Omicron Uncertainty and a Black-Friday Boost for Discretionaries

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E103 – Protecting Pandemic Gains from Rising Rates

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E102 – Capitalizing on Biden’s Infrastructure Bill

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E101 – Building Your Inflation Toolkit

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E100 – Building Sustainable Portfolios: COP26 and ESG Solutions

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Why a “Low Volatility” Strategy Works Over Time

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E99 – Upheaval at Rogers Communications

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E98 – Diving into US Earnings Results

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E97 – Back to Defensive Factors?

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E96 – Bracing for a Risk-Off Moment

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E95 – Switching Sectors as Markets Get Fearful

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E94 – Watching China’s Real Estate Crisis Unfold

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E93 – Election Outcomes: How to Position Your Portfolio

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E92 – Decoding Q3 Canadian Bank Earnings

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How ZPAY Earns Yield from Market Volatility

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E91 – Seeking Shelter from the Fed & Hurricane Ida

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E90 – What’s Driving “Big Six” Bank Performance

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E89 – Weighing the Canadian Election vs. Oil Prices

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E88 – Switching Gears as the Reopening Trade Slows Down

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E87 – Moonshot ETFs for Clean Energy & Autonomous Tech

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E86 – Surfing Volatility with REITs, Industrials & Bonds

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E85 – Balancing the Inflation vs Growth Tradeoff

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E84 – Drilling into Oil Prices as Economies Re-Open

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E83 – Belski: Riding the Bull Market with ZACE

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E82 – Taking Risk Off the Table With Quality & Low Vol

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E81 - Canadian Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) – Yield Premiums with Downside Protection

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E80 – Choosing Wisely within the Equity Universe

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E79 – Decoding Q2 Canadian Bank Earnings

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E78 – Looking Beyond G7 Taxes with Tech & EM Bonds

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E77 – Rebalancing Global Equities, Canadian Banks & Bonds

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E76 – Homeward Bound with CAD-Hedged Bonds & Equities

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E75 – Exploring Genomics Innovation with ZGEN & ZUH

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E74 – Banking on Small Caps, Clean Energy & Preferred Shares

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E73 – Seeking Upside with Value, Industrials & Bonds

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E72 – Moving Cautiously on Inflation Risk

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E71 – Finding Growth with Mid-Caps & Corporate Bonds

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E70 – De-Risking Credit Exposure with ZBBB & ZMBS

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E69 – Hedging Against Inflation with ZTIP, ZGD & ZEO

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E68 – Getting Ahead of Inflation and Rising Rates

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E67 – Staying the Course with Quality & Low-Vol

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E66 – Taking Caution with Alternative & SPAC Investments

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E65 – Tactical Opportunities with Small & Mid-Cap Stocks

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E63 – What Rogers-Shaw Deal Means for Low-Vol ETFs

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E62 – Why ZCLN Can Power Long-term Growth

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E61 – Capturing Growth with ESG & High Yield Exposures

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E60 – Reducing Duration Risk with Corporate Bonds

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E59 – Maximizing Tech Opportunities & Bond Yields

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E58 - Betting on Megatrends with Innovation ETFs

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E57 - Rebalancing Canadian, ESG & EM Exposures

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E56 - Guarding Against Inflation & VIX Concerns

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E55 - Future-proofing with Clean Energy & TIPS

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E54 - Navigating Unknowns with Low-Vol & BBB Bonds

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E53 - Currency Implications for 2021 ETF Trades

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E52 - Recovery Gains with US Banks, Small-Caps & Long Bonds

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E51 - Exploring Upside in S&P 400 & 600 Indexes

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E50 - 2021 Outlook - Top ETFs & Trends to Watch

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E48 - Building Growth with Cautious Optimism

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E47 - Shielding Portfolio Gains from VIX Turbulence

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E46 - Switching Gears with Value, Small-Caps & Preferred Shares

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E45 - Playing the Waiting Game on Vaccines

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E44 - Top ETF Strategies in the Post-Election Chaos

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E43 - Tax-Loss Harvesting for 2020 Year-End

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E42 - U.S. Election Aftermath for Investors

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E41 - Turning Uncertainty into an Income Stream

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E40 - Using ZEB & ZBK to Wait Out Volatility

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E39 - Strategizing for November Market Turmoil

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E38 - Chasing Yield with Quality & Preferred Shares

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E37 - Portfolio Rebalancing between US, Canada & EM

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E36 - How to Election-Proof an Investment Portfolio

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E35 - Why Emerging Markets Attract the “Smart Money” in ETF Flows

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E34 - Finding Defensive Growth in a Fearful Market

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E33 - Patient Strategies for “Peak Oil” & Mid-cap Equities

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E32 - Protecting Yield in Times of Volatility

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E31 - Rebalancing Bonds, Mega-Caps & CAD/USD

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E30 - Riding the Highs with Banks, Gold & Quality

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E29 - Why “Alternatives” Enhance Portfolio Risk and Reward

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E28 - “Getting Paid to Wait” through a Crisis

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E27 - A “Wild Ride” for Gold, Bonds & Quality

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E26 - Hedging Against U.S. Political Uncertainty

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E25 - Investing in Big Tech, Gold Equities & Bonds

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E24 - Smart Bets for the Opportunistic Investor

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E23 - Why “Quality” Outperforms in Bear and Bull Markets

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E22 - A Closer Look at Q2 Earnings, Nasdaq & Emerging Markets

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E21 - Flight to Quality, Beta and Government Bonds

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E20 - Balancing Gold, Equities and Short & Mid Credit

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E19 - Key Exposures for a Defensive Growth Portfolio

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E18 - Becoming the “Smart Money” in ETF Flows

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E17 - ZMBS for Defensive Income in the Portfolio

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E16 - Are Defensive Growth Strategies Working?

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E15 - Decoding Bank Earnings, Gold and China

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E14 - Why ZPAY Earns More Through a Crisis

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E13 - Adding a Growth Sleeve to Client Portfolios

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E12 - Cautious Growth Strategies for the Fragile Market Recovery

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E11 - ZWG for Enhanced Yield in Volatile Markets

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E10 - Equity Trade Ideas as the Economy Re-opens

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E9 - Defensive Growth Strategies for the Cautious Optimist

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E8 - Satellite Trade Ideas for Portfolio Rebalancing

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E7 - Defensive Trade Ideas to Manage Volatility Risks

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E6 - Factor Investing in Volatile Equity Markets

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E5 - Bond ETFs to Survive (and Thrive) in the Current Market

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E4 - Equity Trade Ideas in the Current Marketplace

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E3 - Opportunity vs. Risk in the Fixed Income Universe

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E2 - Income Trade Ideas for the Current Marketplace

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E1 - Decoding Price Movements in the Fixed Income Universe