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At Lysander Funds we strive to inform and educate Canadian investors. In this section you'll find resources that highlight the thinking of our Portfolio Managers.

Canso Corporate Bond Newsletter – 2019 March

It is hard to get excited about much these days. It is March and still cold outside. It is dark when the alarm sounds since we lost an hour of sleep when we recently “sprung forward”…

Lysander-Slater Preferred Share Dividend Fund: 2018 Year End Update

Watch the above video to hear Doug Grieve, President of Slater Asset Management and Portfolio Manager of the Lysander-Slater Preferred Share Dividend Fund (Fund Code LYZ920), discuss the Fund’s performance in 2018.

Canso Corporate Value Fund vs. GICs

We all know interest rates are very low, but they also seem to be rising. Rising interest rates are negative for bond prices. “In the ‘safe’ section of my portfolio, I don’t want to lose money.”…

Preferred Shares, An Investing Solution to Rising Rates

When interest rates rise, fixed income duration risk is real and with the recent upward movement of bond yields, the impact on fixed income portfolios has begun to manifest itself. Investors are beginning to recognize their…

Crusader White Paper: Why Invest In Canadian Dividend vs Non Dividend Pay Stocks

There has been much discussion about the value of investing in dividend paying stocks versus investing in non-dividend paying stocks. The following analysis points to empirical evidence suggesting that Canadian dividend paying stocks offer superior risk/return…