p 16 weekender february 8 1997 is ii t 4 i if i n ill i 3 i i i i i its your future 4 invest in it low interest rates a challenge for canadian investors the continuing downward trend in interest rates is capturing the attention of a steadily growing number of canadian investors so much so that many of them are taking longer harder looks at the performance of their portfolios theres no doubt that low interest rates will continue to challenge canadian investors for the foreseeable future says jeff carney president and chief operating officer of td evergreen the halcyon days of earning a 195 per cent return on canada savings bonds and 175 per cent on trea sury bills are long gone thats not to say that fixed- income invest ments are a thing of the past far from it but for you have to be goaloriented if you aim nowhere youll hit the i mark every time says carney you must also be diversified its a mis take to put all your eggs in one basket jeff carney president and chief operating officer 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