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| | How Canadians stay wealthy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | According to the poll, Canadians who have more than $250,000 to invest are more likely to seek advice about their investments from brokers (46 per cent) or financial planners (23 per cent) than other types of advisors. |
 | | Canada's affluent seek a variety of services: at the top of the list are financial planning (78 per cent), brokerage services (64 per cent) and tax planning (55 per cent) followed by international investing (52 per cent) and estate planning and trusts (51 per cent). |
 | | Canadians with more than $250,000 to invest hold mutual funds (86 per cent), stocks (77 per cent), GICs (58 per cent), bonds (44 per cent), investment property (36 per cent), segregated funds (31 per cent) or international assets (28 per cent). |
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