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To: Jean M. Gauthier who wrote (21470)	4/23/1999 4:14:00 PM
From: t2	Respond to of 74651

Jean, If you go to any major bank like TD, BOM, Royal etc., they all have S and P Index funds. The only thing you have to watch for is that the title of the fund must have "RSP" in it. You can also actually buy an index fund that holds the stocks but the one you want is the one with RSP in the title--that is a condition. Remember that some funds' performance is affected by the US/ Canada exchang rates. For example the TD Greenline--US RSP Index fund (not sure of the exact title but you get the idea). This fund will outperform the S and P if the Canadian dollar rises and underperform if the Canadian dollar declines in comparison to the US dollar. That is why the regular Greenline US Index fund outperformed the US RSP Index fund last year. However, due to the gains in the Canadian dollar this year, the situation is probably reversed. THe CIBC US RSP Index fund does not fluctuate from currency exchange changes to the best of my knowledge. These are the small differences you might experience among the banks. To the best of my knowledge, most are like TD. In any case, with a stable exchange rate, you would get the S and P index performance. As i mentioned most banks have International RSP Index funds that are usually broken down between Europe and Asia. Even the load fund families may have the US or International RSP index funds that you might consider switching to. Hope that helps.

To: Jean M. Gauthier who wrote (21470)	4/24/1999 9:52:00 AM
From: t2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

OT Jean Gauthier, I read your post about cable internet and alternatives on the ATHM thread. I am interested in getting Rogers; Shaw as holdings in my RRSP. You mentioned Videotron as well. Do you know about much about the movements of these stocks. In addition, I am also interested in Rogers@Home internet service. How is it? Is is very fast? Are there frequent interruptions? I am with AT&T which was reliable and quite fast for a regular phone service. I found AOL to be too slow but it was reliable (i hated the menus as well). Could not figure out how one could be a lot faster than the other when they both use regular phone connections. thanks.