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Friday, June 12, 2009

Mutual Funds in Canada

By Bob Jones

Mutual funds are one of the methods that people can use to earn some money by saving in a safe way. With mutual funds the company has a number of stocks and bonds that can increase the client's outlay. While many countries have their own version of mutual funds you will find that Canadian mutual funds have a parent company that regulates their operations.

In general, Canadian mutual funds are applicable only to residents of Canada. If you desire to put your savings in one of these Canadian mutual funds then you should look into the company very carefully. The companies that you investigate should have all of their terms and conditions notated in a simple and readable way.

You can read through financial pages of the newspapers and the Internet to look up how the various Canadian mutual funds are performing. This overview will help you to make a comparison between the various mutual companies that you are interested in.

To gain a better picture of what kinds of stocks and bonds there are in each of these companies, you should look at the listings that are given. Compare these listings with those of other Canadian mutual funds.

For the most part, Canadian mutual funds will have the same type of funds as the mutual funds in the USA have. These funds include index mutual funds, low cost funds, front load funds, no-load funds and others. Before you decide to invest in a Canadian mutual funds group, you will need some legal advice.

This legal advice will have to handle the tax you might have to pay on both sides of the border. This is vital as IRS in the US requires shareholders in investment corporations to pay some type of tax on capital gains distributions. You will also need to understand how the Canadian government looks at the tax rates for Canadian mutual funds.

There is one aspect that needs deeper inspection when you are going through the various Canadian mutual funds. Canadian mutual funds can have a variety of different brands of stock held under the umbrella of one fund. For instance you will find that the 'RBC ('Royal Bank of Canada') Asset Management Inc.', has one type of stock brand called the RBC Funds. Whereas 'The Mackenzie Financial Corporation', on the other hand, has nine different brands.

All of this makes the idea of investing in Canadian mutual funds quite interesting. If you are interested, you will need to find out how you can invest in one of these companies. Your financial advisor ought be able to give you some help in this endeavour. - 23208

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