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© OPINION : IFP - Halton Hills | Thursday, March 31, The 2 FOUR-PART SERIES WRAPS UP TODAY, WRITES KAREN MICELI KAREN MICELI Column It'sabout trust. Our rela- tionship with our readers is initiative to tell you who we are and how and why we do what we do. This column is part of that project. Have you checked out our special series on local final the four-part, Halton-wide series — which delves into a variety of crime types in ihe region — is published today's edition. This fourth installment focuses on residential break-ins. The first three topics in the series, which launched in our newspapers March 10 with each part published weekly, took aclose look at sue, opioid crisis, and na ids and that ur ‘ities. stop the region's criminals from carrying out their activities. If you missed any ort the first three installment the crime series — aa thored by Metroland Me- $ dia reporters David Lea, : Melanie Hennessey, Bam- final installment of > <= rr ~< (om } =) rr _ jo | OUR SPECIAL SERIES ON CRIME? pang Sadewo and Roland phone or tablet, QR code below, which will lead you to the first part of the series on auto thefts. You will see that the next two installments are relat- ed to the auto theft story. Special series projects Uke t this one are our way of ‘ining a topic that is complex, and simply can' be properly explored in one article. published many such reports in the past, most recently ad- ort important issues affec ur communities like ay ‘oval housing cri- sis, the em} ployment pic- ture across the region and Halton immigration. Our modest team of re- porte! otographers and editors puta lot ofhard work and effort into our special series projects. E Ex pect to see more m1 stallment reports on our pages in the future. uu have an idea for depth series of arti- les onan impactful topic, I would love to hear about it. Please write to me directly at my email address below. We welcome your ques- tions and value your com- ments. Email our trust com- mittee at trust@metro- land.com. Karen Miceli is manag- ing editor of Metroland's for part one in our crime series. TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT THEIFPCA SNAPSHOT A hawk visits a backyard on Lynden Circle. Do you have a great local photo you'd like to share? Send it to sleblanc@metroland.com, along with a brief description. Lori Taylor photo '| UNDERSTANDING MUTUAL FUNDS PAST PERFORMANCE DATA CAN BE BIAS, WRITES PETER WATSON ns PETER WATSON Column Since mutual funds are the investment vehicle of choice for most Canadians, it is helpful to understand how to interpret informa- tion that is publicly avail- able. We will follow the path of an astute investor who wants to invest in a US. eq- uity mutual fund. Initially, they look at past perfor- mance for all funds in the US. equity category, then just the funds of one specif- ic fund management firm. Does this appear to be thorough research? Yes. leading past performance they will h ABOUT US This newspaper, published every Thursday, is a division of the Metroland Media Group Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. The Metroland family of newspapers is comprised of more than 70 community publications across Ontario. This newspaper is a member paper and, if not satisfied, write The National NewsMedia Council, Suite 200, 890 Yonge St., Toronto, ON M4W 2H2, Phone: 416-340-1981 Web: www.mediacouncil.ca nne fjocna NewresaiaCounet oO newsroom@thei IndependentAndFreePress @IFP_11 WHO WE ARE VP, Regional Publisher Kelly Monta; Regional General Manager Jason Pehora Director of Content Lee Ann Waterman Deputy Director of Content Catherine O'Hara Managing Editor Karen Miceli Director of Distribution Charlene Hall Circulation Manager Kim Mossman timated the ability ofall the US. equity managers plus like! i the Cindi paripbelt and Graeme Macintos available information used in the in- vestor research reliable? No, surprisingly unreli- able. The reason is the data is incomplete. According to Morningstar Direct, start- ing in January 1991, about five per cent of mutual year. past performance results disappear. Funds that disappear are more likely to have dis- appointing results than the funds that remain. Think of how your academic suc- cess could have been im- proved if you could have done this | back in your school day: Because > the astute in- vestor was looking at mis- past performance of the specific firm they reviewed. We recommend youcon- sider the potential over- statement ers! past performance record. Peter Watson is regis- red with Aligned Capital Fiat Inc. (ACPI) to provide investment advice. Investment products are provided by ACPI. ACPI is a member of the Invest- ment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of ACPI. Watson provides wealth Katherine Porcheron CONTACT US The Independent & Free Pres: 901 Guelph Line Burlington, ON L7R 3N8 Phone: 905-873-0301 Classifieds: 1-800-263-6480 Fax: 905-873-0398 Letters to the editor All letters must be fewer than 320 words and include your name and telephone number for verification purposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters. 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