Insights

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.

The Advantages of Bond Mutual Funds

Ian Marthinsen, CFA, Portfolio Manager

Why You May Want to Buy Bonds Through a Fund Rather Than Doing it Yourself There are many decisions when building an investment portfolio, from selecting the asset mix, down to choosing the individual securities within…

What are yields?

Financial Pipeline

When people talk about bond yields they’re really talking about yield-to-maturity, or what you will get from a bond at maturity if you buy it at a specific price.

Understanding the Business Cycle

Financial Pipeline

The business cycle is the ebb and flow of economic activity, which is denoted by four distinct stages: expansion, peak, contraction and trough. The timing, duration and intensity of each stage varies.

Starting from the bottom – Fundamental analysis

Financial Pipeline

Fundamental analysis is a “bottom up” valuation technique used to determine the market value of a stock, common share or equity security.

What is a bank run?

Financial Pipeline

What happens when everybody wants to withdraw their money from the bank at the same time? It’s called a bank run and it spells trouble for banks all over the world.

What’s a market correction?

Financial Pipeline

Every investor should expect to experience a market correction and the one certainty is that every correction is followed by a recovery.