http://profitrend.com/itt_blog Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:17:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I still love income trusts, but continue to have mixed feelings about how they've been promoted over the years... before and after the 2006 Halloween prank set up by Jim "Flim Flam" Flaherty that effectively puts an end to that category of investment in February 2011. So, we've got a ... http://profitrend.com/itt_blog/2010/01/10/farewell-to-2009-and-on-to-2010-the-last-year-of-income-trusts-or-is-it/ When the "Halloween Massacre" occurred a few years ago, everyone declared income trusts dead... in spite of the fact that the official taxation transition deadline is in 2011. We've lost some trusts for sure... some to takeovers, some deciding to convert to regular companies early, and so forth. But we want to ... http://profitrend.com/itt_blog/2009/05/14/still-300-strong-2/ REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION Flaherty's miscues give us reason to worry May 12, 2009 GERRY BARKER GUELPH MERCURY One might describe Finance Minister Jim Flaherty as the Alfred E. Neuman of Canadian politics. Neuman, the Mad Magazine icon with the jug ears and stupid wide grin, was famous for the expression: "What me worry?" For starters, the ebullient ... http://profitrend.com/itt_blog/2009/05/12/more-on-flim-flam-flaherty/ REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION Who will employ mindset of Obama's empirical president to Harper's imperial prime minister? Fact-based decision-making is the litmus test for real leadership in this, the internet age. By Brent Fullard Hill Times May 11, 2009 WHITBY, ONT.- Barack Obama's first act, upon inauguration, was to sign an executive order imposing on his own ... http://profitrend.com/itt_blog/2009/05/11/26/ REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION Critic says taxing trusts will cost feds billions By Dan Healing 05-08-2009 The Pipeline CALGARY HERALD The federal government is looking at a massive drop in its corporate tax revenue in 2010, figures Scott Saxberg, president and chief executive of Calgary-based Crescent Point Energy Trust, because of its decision in 2006 to ... http://profitrend.com/itt_blog/2009/05/08/taxing-trusts-to-cost-billions/ They say that there's no point in beating a dead horse, but when it comes to income trusts, is the horse really dead or just resting ahead of its next gallop?  The media in general seem to have made the former assumption. That's why it was refreshing to see Brent Fullard, ... http://profitrend.com/itt_blog/2009/04/20/caiti-in-the-hill-times/ Updates here may be a little few-and-far-between, but we haven't lost interest in this investment category for one minute. Every week our DATA & CHARTS workbook gets updated, even if we don't offer additional commentary on a weekly basis. Our Visitor Guide should have all you need to know about investing in ... http://profitrend.com/itt_blog/2009/04/12/stockpointer-screen-for-high-performance-income-trusts/ We could see it coming!  What better way to differentiate the Liberal platform from the Conservatives than to rub the Tory noses in their most hypocritical move since the last election. As we all recall, the Conservatives clearly stated that they would not touch the tax status of income trusts ... http://profitrend.com/itt_blog/2008/09/22/liberals-to-revoke-tory-stance-on-income-trusts/ As the latest addition to our family, Income Trust Trader doesn't have as much history behind it as TSX TrendWatch and ETF TrendTracker.  For that reason, our latest redesign of this site hasn't been a really major problem. Sure, we're using new blogging software to bring you these updates, and that ... http://profitrend.com/itt_blog/2008/08/14/first-post-new-style/ If you've continued to be a fan of income trusts even after Jim "Flim Flam" Flaherty's pronouncements about taxing them to death back in the fall of 2006, you'll know that this type of investment vehicle hasn't gone away. Sure, there has been some consolidation and a few have converted ... http://profitrend.com/itt_blog/2008/04/12/no-country-for-old-men-like-flaherty/