Most investors want or need investment advice. I learned after many decades in and around the industry, including over 5 years as an advisor on lower fee index based portfolios, that Canadians are not all that interested in their investments. We’d call that a low interest category. Nope, folks are more interested in making money […]
What is index investing?
OK, perhaps one of the main reasons why most Canadians are still stuck in high fee mutual funds is because they don’t understand the concept of index investing, and how and why it is superior to the more active (and more expensive) style of investing. When speaking with investors I never assume they have extensive […]
Oh Canada, it's time to cut the crap – investing that is.
Welcome to the first article for cutthecrapinvesting.com. I will try and keep this short and sweet. This is an investment site and investment guy on a simple mission. And it’s a simple story. When it comes to investments, Canadians pay some of the highest mutual fund fees on the planet. Canadians are mostly invested in […]