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

Thousands of BMO employees, families and friends take to the streets in support of Kids Help Phone's Walk so Kids Can Talk presented by BMO

- Excellent strategic, financial and cultural fit

- Bolsters BMO Global Asset Management's scale, product set and distribution capabilities

- Stronger U.S. demand and a weaker Canadian dollar will be positive for exporters and manufacturers

- GDP growth of 1.7 per cent expected in 2014, 2.0 per cent in 2015; Canada GDP growth expected to be 2.3 per cent in 2014, 2.5 per cent in 2015

- Ontario's housing market continues to hold up well with a balanced resale market

- Manufacturers hard pressed to react to pace of change in fluctuating loonie

- GDP growth of 2.2 per cent expected in 2014, 2.4 per cent in 2015; Canada GDP growth expected to be 2.3 per cent in 2014, 2.5 per cent in 2015