Capital gains tax hike to hit Canadian investors’ returns

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Ottawa’s hike to the capital gains tax has been slammed as a blow to Canada’s productivity, but closer to home, it will also hit your stock portfolio, say analysts.

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The corporate tax increase “is the latest in a long line of decisions that for various, arguably legitimate reasons has reduced the returns investors can expect from Canadian public equities,” said analysts at CIBC Capital Markets.