Newsletter: Internet Wealth Builder

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

In This Issue…Interesting times…Keeping it simple…What to do about NOVA…Target 10 Trust – discount brokers…Pelorus Navigation (PN)…Members’ Corner – Mutual Fund Direct…Updates – Livent (LIV), Triax Diversified Trust…(TRH.IR), Westshore…Terminals (WTE.IR)…

The gold rally – what does it mean?…Nova fill…Dogs of the Dow…Pelorus Navigation (PN)…Members’ Corner – Inco, Alcan, and RRSP transfers…January MFU – last chance

In This Issue…An unpromising year makes its debut…What to do with cash…IWB Trading Portfolio update…Members’ Corner – CIBC Choice Funds, Green Line…policies, tax deferred…income, the future of gold, defensive portfolio…Updates – Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A)…Electronic MFU set to launch…Special book offer

Tough times for investors…IWB Income Portfolio…Strategic Value Corp. (MSE: SVA)…Trimark alert…Tax Tip (1) – charitable donations…Tax Tip (2) – RRIFs…Tax Tip (3) – tax shelters…Members’ Corner – disappearing units, bidding…under the market,…dollar-cost averaging, Kyoto agreement, deferring…income…Updates – Gold Reserve (GLR), Freehold Royalty…Trust (FRU.UN), Global…Equity Corp. (GEQ)…Mutual Funds Update goes on-line…Renewal reminder…IWB takes a holiday

A new approach to our recommendations…Canadian Oil Sands Trust (CO.UN)…A new approach to tax shelters…Members’ Corner – currency exchange rates, balanced funds, RRSP contributions, compensating investment advisors…Dollar-cost averaging made easy…Updates – Tesma International Inc. (TSM.A)…Christmas gifts…New Member Page address…Thank you note

Our first anniversary…Lessons learned from year one…Blue Chip Portfolio update…Royalty income trusts…Labrador Iron Ore Income Fund (LIF.UN)…Income Portfolio summary…Short-term money…Updates – Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A)…Members’ Corner – going south…Christmas book offer extended…Mutual Fund Data Base update…Order-taking problem

Nervous markets…Defensive portfolio updated…Defensive mutual funds…Bank of Montreal Managed Futures CDS…Updates: Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A), Westshore Terminals (WTE.IR), Gold Reserve (GLR)…Mutual funds data base now on-line…Time to renew?

More Market Volatility…IWB Income Portfolio Launched…Guardian Monthly High Income Fund…Trimark Convertible GIC…Income Portfolio Summary…IWB Blue Chip Portfolio – BCE Inc. (BCE)…Members’ Corner – Manalta, The FundLetter…Updates – Gold Reserve (GLR), Research in Motion (RIM)…Christmas Book Offer…New Member Page Address…No IWB Next Week

The week that was – what now?…Investing in bonds…The best no-load bond funds…IWB Trading Portfolio – Club Monaco (CMI)…Pass-along copies – please don’t…New service for IWB members…1998 Guides arrive, special offer to close…Final seminars of 1997

Hong Kong plunges, bullion follows, New York staggers – what to do…Members’ Corner – foreign content rules, NAV figures for BPI Opps II, saving for a home…Updates – BPI Opps II Fund (BOI.IR), Freehold Royalty Trust (FRU.UN), Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A), Moore Corp. (MCL), Research in Motion (RIM.W), Tesma (TSM.A)

Black Monday remembered…Searching for value…Gold Reserve (GLR)…IWB Trading Portfolio summary…Trading Portfolio comments…Research in Motion…Special book offer – 1998 Mutual Fund and RRSP…Guides…Mutual Funds Update test…Upcoming seminars

Blue Chip Portfolio Review…Members’ Corner – Newsletter deductibility, PH&N minimums, RRSP…foreign content trap…Hot IPO – Research in Motion…Update – Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A)…This week’s seminars – Ottawa, Oakville, Mississauga…Mutual Funds Update test transmission…New book – The Canadian Mortgage Book…Apology – E-mail stacking up

The Interest Rate Paradox – What You Should Do…Canada Savings Bonds – How to Use Them…Pengrowth Instalment Receipts – Act Fast…Tax Shelters – EnerVest Flow-Through Shares…Updates: Hurricane (HHL.A), BPI Opps II (BOI.IR)…IPOs Revisited…Portfolios…MFU Test – Problems…Seminars This Week – Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto

The Royalty Income Trust Craze…Guardian Monthly High Income Fund…Trust Differences Explained – Royalty, Income, Unit…The Wealth Management Trust…World Strategic Yield Fund…Amalgamated Income Limited Partnership…Mutual Funds Update – E-Mail Edition…No IWB on Sept. 29

The Ides of Autumn…Protecting Your Portfolio…The Pick of the IPO Crop… – Manalta Coal Income Trust, Bell Canada…International, CPL REIT…Assessing the Tax Shelter Scene… – Multi-Fund Income Trust…Transmission Problems – One Member’s Solution…Symbol Correction – TRP…New Circulation E-Mail Address

Mutual fund sales to expatriate Canadians…IWB Trading Portfolio – Novicourt Inc. (NOV)…IWB Trading Portfolio – Summary…IWB Blue Chip Portfolio – Summary…Members’ Corner – RRSP contributions…Next seminar…Formatting change…Circulation matters

A pleasant surprise for the Triax fund…Tesma’s legal problems…What makes Phillips, Hager & North a great company…Members’ Corner: BPI Opps II Fund, mutual fund investment strategies, Nigerian scam…Seminar reminder

Responding to your requests…Future plans…IWB Trading Portfolio launched…Tesma International Inc. (TSE: TSM.A)…Member’s Corner – more on Nigeria…Updates – Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A), Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN)…Clarification – ITT Hartford Guaranteed Equity…Indexed Annuity…Seminars…New book – The Best of Pape’s Notes…New delivery system…Labour Day delivery schedule

What next for the Dow?…Teleglobe warning…BPI Special Opportunities II – Review…Guaranteed Equity Indexed Annuities…Scam of the week – letter from Nigeria…Members’ Corner: stock-indexed GICs, RRSP contributions, Green Line…Updates: Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A)

New delivery system begins…War on tax shelters and what to do about it…Teleglobe Inc. (TGO)…Blue Chip Portfolio summary…Updates: Triax High Yield Trust (TRH.IR), Global Equity (GEQ)

Are the ’90s a replay of the ’80s – including the crash?…A defensive asset mix….Little house on the prairie….U.S.-Canada tax treaty change affects snowbirds…Members’ Corner – Green Line and Templeton…Emerging Markets…Delivery system change