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Fund Categories Explained: Is Your ‘Active’ Fund Secretly Passive? | Canadian Investing
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Episode Summary
Many retail investors select funds based entirely on their titles, but corporate names are often nothing more than a marketing wrapper. This episode explores the Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee (CIFSC) classification system, which bypasses corporate branding to categorize funds based strictly on the securities they actually hold. We deconstruct the primary fund categories available to Canadian investors—including money market, fixed income, balanced, equity…
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