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Proactive Protection: How We’re Navigating U.S. Tariffs for Canadian Investors

Allan Bush

September 21, 2025

For many of our clients, especially those who are retired or nearing retirement, dividend-paying investments are the foundation of financial security. Whether those dividends come from Canadian blue c...

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How Food Banks Nourish Communities — And Why We’re Proud to Support Them

Allan Bush

June 18, 2025

At the Allan Bush Investment Team, part of CIBC Private Wealth at CIBC Wood Gundy in Waterloo, Ontario, we believe that true wealth isn’t just measured in portfolios—it’s measured in how we care for e...

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Make Canada Great Again: Removing Interprovincial Trade Barriers?

Allan Bush

May 21, 2025

We’re all become very familiar with the phrase  “Make America Great Again.” While its political baggage is well-documented south of the border, the underlying sentiment is actually quite simple: how d...

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Tariff-ic? Not So Much.

Allan Bush

March 07, 2025

Well, it happened. The tariffs went into effect at 12:01am on March 4th, 2025. So what does this mean to Canadian investors? At Allan Bush Investment Team, we’ve been watching this very closely and kn...

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What American Tariffs Mean to Canadian Investors

Allan Bush

January 30, 2025

Well, here we are. Donald Trump followed through on the proposed tariffs, making a trade war official. Is there any good news when it comes to the tariffs for Canadian investors? The answer is yes. At...

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Why Dividends Matter Right Now

Allan Bush

November 28, 2024

We believe dividend investing is a time-tested strategy for generating income and building long-term wealth, making it especially relevant in today’s economic environment and effective in any economic...

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How Am I Going to Pay for Hockey? I Can Barely Afford Groceries and Gas.

Allan Bush

September 30, 2024

Let's face it. Our economic climate has made it challenging for families to pay for anything extra: vacations, extra-curricular activities, sports, lessons, tutoring, or anything else that helps make ...

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Rates Holding Steady? .... What it really means for your portfolio

Allan Bush

January 24, 2024

Have Canadian interest rates stabilized? The rate increases may have concluded, or at least that's the prevailing sentiment. We've seen the overnight holding steady at 5.0% in Canada since the last ra...

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Does Ontario have a housing crisis?

Allan Bush

November 29, 2023

The soaring costs of homes in Southern Ontario have been something to behold since the late 1990s. Using the Toronto Real Estate Board as a proxy for Southern Ontario, we’ve seen the average price of ...

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