News Releases

- Individuals 18-35 who open a Self-Directed account will receive 35 free trades, waived fees, a free Globe and Mail eBook and a chance to win a $3,500 cash prize

- Eighty-one per cent of young Canadians plan to begin investing online within the next five years

- This offer follows BMO InvestorLine's introduction of $9.95 flat-fee trading in February

- Friendlier job market, slightly higher incomes and more wealth have put young families in a better economic position today than thirty years ago

- However, high debts and housing costs still cause for concern

- Event features industry leaders from the agriculture and protein, food, fertilizer, retail distribution and supermarket sectors

- Keynote presentations by Dennis Gartman (The Gartman Letter) and Wayne Brownlee (CFO, Potash Corp)

- Eighty-three per cent of moms worry about not having enough money for retirement; 67 per cent are concerned about costs of post-secondary education

- Sixty per cent are optimistic about what the future has in store for the economy

- Ninety-six per cent of moms would be happy receiving attention from and quality time with their family on Sunday