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This is just a fraction of Canada C$450 billion GIC market. But fresh flows into traditional fixed rate GICs, once a staple investment for risk averse retirees, have all but dried up as investors take a hard look at their ultra low returns.
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Those returns don even match the 2 percent inflation target of the Bank of Canada, which is expected to buy canada goose jacket keep its main policy rate at 1 percent until next year.
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BMO two year GIC linked to 10 blue chip stocks returned 2.02 percent per year upon maturity last month. Their four year GIC linked to 15 blue chip stocks returned 10 percent a year at maturity this month.
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BMO Gallippi said critics of market linked GICs who argue investors could get equal or better returns with more direct investments don understand the target audience.