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The RRSP challenges of 2005…Four mutual funds for your RRSP …Tom Slee says time is of the essence with RRSPs…Bombardier now a buy for aggressive accounts…Tom Slee updates Alcan (AL) and BCE Inc. (BCE)…The 2004 Scorecard: Trust units…Updates: Diamonds (DIA), TD U.S. RSP Index Fund, May Department Stores (MAY)

Happy New Year…A look back…A look ahead…Irwin Michael is optimistic about 2005…Irwin Michael updates Clearlink (CNK), ShopKo (SKO), Teck Cominco (TEK.B)…Our contributing editors…The 2004 scorecard: Mutual funds and preferred shares…The best and worst sectors of 2004…Delivery problems

The year in retrospect…Beating the foreign content rules…Fund distribution changes…Gold Reserve Corp. – Vote!…Members’ Corner – reasons for not renewing…No IWB on Dec. 28…Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

A sigh of relief from Quebec…IWB Income Portfolio reviewed…Members’ Corner – RESP pitfalls, investing in TIPS, IWB Defensive Portfolio…Updates – TomaNet (TOMA.A), Global Equity Corp. (GEQ), Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN), Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A)…No IWB next week

New records in New York…The Quebec election…IWB Defensive Portfolio reviewed…RRSP alert…Sell Renaissance Energy…Webscan – Carlson Online…Members’ Corner – frozen RRSP accounts, advice from discount brokers…Our second anniversary – thank you

Market froth returns…IWB Trading Portfolio review…Flow-through deals…Business Development Bank Japan Notes…Buying the Financial Institutions Trust…CD-ROM and Christmas specials…No IWB next week

Beware euphoria…Blue Chip Portfolio update…Financial Institutions Trust 1998…Trying to track bonds…Members’ Corner – buying closed-end funds on IPOs, high yields on trust units…CD-ROM special to end…1999 Guides…Circulation problems

Markets defy the October hex…Teleglobe shares called…Risk of covered calls…Ultra-Conservative Portfolio…Koch soars…Members’ Corner – small cap stocks, effect of a PQ victory, prospect of lower U.S. interest rates…Updates – Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A)…1999 Guides due this week – last chance for special price…Nov. 4 seminar in Toronto

Turnaround in Asia?…A “different” bear?…A fill on Koch…Book forum…Growth Asset Mix…Members’ Corner – Plunging into equities, call option clarification…Updates: Strategic Value Corp. (SVA), Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A), Laidlaw Inc. (LDM), Global Equity (GEQ)…Investment Tools on CD-ROM

Big market rally – what does it mean?…Koch Pipelines (KPC.IR)…IWB Income Portfolio reviewed…Webscan…Members’ Corner – stock coverage, dividend funds…Updates – Hurricane Hydrocarbons, Franco-Nevada, BPI Opps II…Canada Savings Bonds…Delivery problems…Active Investor Show

Turmoil continues…IWB Defensive Portfolio reviewed…Members’ Corner: A useful web site, balanced funds, the future for royalty income trusts…Putting things in perspective…Hostellerie de Crillon-le-Brave…Database discount for IWB members

Who’s buying now?…Fearless forecasts…Your strategy…A remarkable fund…IWB Trading Portfolio review…Delivery timing…IWB takes a two-week holiday…

Friday’s rally…IWB Blue Chip Portfolio Update…Defensive Portfolio Update…Members’ Corner – royalty trusts…Updates: BPI Opps II Fund (BOI.UN)…Tuesday seminar

Another wild week…IWB Defensive Portfolio Update…Tax considerations…More federal bond options…World’s Leading Brands Trust…Updates: Pharmaceutical Trust 98; Triax High-Yield Diversified Trust (TRH.UN)…Luscar/Manalta…Apology…New book off the press…Last days for Guides’ special…On-Line Mutual Funds Database…Upcoming seminars – Sept. 12 and 1

Some good news…A bad week…So now what?…The prospect for bonds…Mortgages…Loonie tunes…Luscar/Manalta…Members’ Corner: Selling quality now…Updates: Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A), TomaNet (TOMA.A)…Renewal reminder…Book special to end

Time for alarm…Where we are…What happens next?…What to do…Puts and calls…Members’ corner: U.S. dollar funds, tracking down AGF…Luscar/Manalta…Updates: Templeton Emerging Markets Appreciation Fund (TEM.UN)

The markets and our portfolios…Livent Debacle…Manalta/Luscar…Members’ Corner – royalty trust liabilities, buying gold…Updates – Hurricane Hydrocarbons, Global Equity…Guides orders…Education book…Hotmail addresses

Start of a major correction?…The Luscar/Manalta battle…Target 10 Trust…Dogs vs. Diamonds…Members’ Corner – U.S. dollar investments…Buying mutual funds in U.S. dollars…Pre-publication book offer

What happens next?…The diving loonie…IWB defensive portfolio…Members’ Corner – Using Canada Trust’s no load service…Special book offer – advance notice

Templeton annual meeting…Dynamic real estate funds…Trimark’s woes…Members’ Corner – taxing joint accounts…Updates – Strategic Value Corp., The Pharmaceutical Trust…Coming up – a defensive portfolio…Next issue Aug.4

Multi-Fund Income Trust…Income Portfolio Review…Leaky condo solution…Update: Strategic Value Corp….Mutual Funds On-Line Database

Difficult markets…Blue Chip Portfolio Update…Members’ Corner – Using loans for income-splitting, TD Templeton notes and the recent Growth Fund distribution, transferring securities to an RRSP, more on the Pharmaceutical Trust…Updates – BPI Opps II Fund…Communicating with us

Don’t plunge into Asia yet…What to do with Altamira Income Fund…IWB Trading Portfolio Review…Members’ Corner – exceeding the foreign content limit, rental income…properties in an RRSP…Update – Laidlaw Inc. (LDM)

Narrow stock markets…Royalty trusts reviewed…Manalta Coal Income Trust…Templeton trap…How do you like your lobster?…Precocious kids…Members’ Corner – Pharmaceutical Trust

Crisis in Japan – what to do…Defensive asset mix updated… instalment receipt phenomenon…Laidlaw Inc. (LDM)…Pharmaceutical Trust ’98…Members’ Corner – retiring allowances, mortgages…in an RRSP…Update – Teleglobe Inc. (TGO)…New address for circulation matters

Speculative investments…TomaNet Inc. (TOMA.A)…Update – Group West Systems (GPW)…Update – Pelorus Navigation Systems (PN)…Brokerage problems…Members’ Corner – new Trimark funds, buying…Financial Institutions…Trust…On-Line Mutual Funds Database

A place for bonds…Investing in GEMs…Gennum Corporation (GND)…Fidelity International Portfolio Fund Linked…Notes…Members’ Corner – troubles with Rogers, Quebec…Growth Fund…Updates: Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN), Westshore Terminals Income Fund (WTE.UN), Global Equity Corp. (GEQ)

Cundill loves Japan…The source of Trimark’s problems…IWB Income Portfolio update…Members’ Corner – Strip bonds and brokerage problems…Beating the AIC Advantage Fund…Updates – Triax Diversified High Yield Trust (TRH.UN), Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A)…CBC broadcasts resume

Turmoil in Asia…Blue Chip Portfolio Update…An Altamira Tip…Members’ Corner – Protect yourself against Y2K, transfers to RRSPs, joint accounts…Updates: Templeton Emerging Markets Appreciation Fund (TEM.UN), Global Equity Corp. (GEQ)

Markets stay positive…Bissett IPO…Trading Portfolio Review…Centrefund Convertible Debenture (CFE.DB.C)…Members’ Corner – Setting priorities, High-yield income funds…Updates – Triax High-Yield Trust (TRH.UN), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN), BPI Canadian Opportunities II Fund (BOI.UN)…No IWB next week

The banks take a big hit…TORONTO DOMINION BANK (TD)…MEMBERS’ CORNER…Updates…TAX TROUBLES

Merger mania and the banks…Riocan REIT (REI.UN)…Warning for Visa card holders…Webscan – TechWeb…Members’ Corner – What to do with $175,000;…Trailer fees and conflicts of interest; Blue Chip Portfolio or Bissett…Canadian Equity?…Updates – Livent (LIV), Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A)…IWB Member Page…Upcoming seminars

A new Godzilla?…Defensive asset mix reviewed…Growth asset mix – new…Dogs of the Dow revisited…Dogs versus Diamonds…A tax surprise…Members’ Corner – who’s better than ING?; Manalta vs. Luscar…Avoiding load charges…Something to watch

The millennium bug…Group West Systems (GPW)…Members’ Corner – IWB portfolios in an RRSP, what to do with Westshore and BPI Opps II, bonds in an RRSP…Tax matters – Templeton Emerging Markets Fund…Tax advice – new book worth noting…Updates: Noranda Inc. (NOR), Imperial Oil (IMO), Freehold Royalty Trust (FRU.UN), Global Equity Corp. (GEQ), Luscar Coal Income Fund (LUS.UN), Gold Reserve (GLR), Club Monaco (CMI)…E-mail address

The Charest factor…Noranda Inc. (NOR)…Blue Chip Portfolio update…Members’ Corner – millennium bug, emulating…Buffett, increasing RRSP…foreign content, the plight of Canadians in the U.S….Renewal reminder

Benign markets…Mackenzie Income Trust…Centrefund Convertible Debenture (CFE.DB.C)…BPI Dividend Income Fund…IWB Income Portfolio update…Members’ Corner – Templeton notes, oil prices…Updates: Triax (TRH.UN), Mount Real(MRF), Trans-Canada Power LP (TPL.UN)…Customer service…Sending e-mail

The markets – outlook is mixed…Areas of strength…Areas of softness…Areas of stability…Areas of weakness…Defensive Asset Mix updated…Templeton Growth Fund Linked Notes…Members’ Corner – RESPs…Updates – Gold Reserve…New Member Page address…IWB on holiday next week…Renewal reminder

A balanced budget…The RESP carrot…Pengrowth tax treatment…Freehold taxes…Trading Portfolio Summary…New delivery system…IWB on web site

BCE Inc. (BCE)…IWB Income Portfolio review…New insights on Pelorus (PN)…Webscan – Carlson On-Line…Renaissance fill…Mount Real Corporation…Free mutual funds…Consumer Watch…Members’ Corner – Dogs of the Dow, RRSP overcontributions, switching mutual funds…No IWB next week

A good week…Sell NOVA (NVA)…Buy Renaissance Energy (RES)…Trimark’s Travails…Webscan revived…Sedar – an unknown treasure-trove…Members’ Corner – BPI Small Companies, Frozen…brokerage accounts…Updates – Westshore Terminals (WTE.UN), Global…Equity (GEQ), Centrefund…Debenture (CFE.DB.A)…Health matters

What now for the loonie?…Canada RRSP Bonds…Blue Chip Portfolio update…Members’ Corner – investing strategies, mutual…fund commissions…Free CDN Internet quotes…Update – Special Opportunities Fund…New Member Page address…Circulation problems – who to contact