The Canadian markets have been offering investors a little taste of volatility. Here’s a one week chart going back to last Friday. And here’s the performance of the Canadian Markets (TSX Composite), 2018 year to date. While that might look like a wild ride it’s all more of a kiddie coaster compared to the real […]
Investing in the all stock ETF Model Portfolio. Take on the risk, if you can.
On the Cut The Crap Investing ETF Model Portfolio page you’ll find 3 Balanced Portfolios. Next in line is the All Stock Portfolio. This is the ‘plain vanilla’ couch potato approach of using broad market indices. In this portfolio the stocks are flying solo without the support of those bonds that can work as shock […]
So many investment lessons as told by one Tangerine table.
I recently wrote on the investment lessons that we can learn from one simple performance table. The table details the returns history for the 5 Tangerine Portfolios. The table is so ‘telling’ because it gives us a look at the returns for various mixes of stocks and bonds and the time period moves through the […]
Questrade laid down its trump card and then Trump got trumped in the midterms.
This was more than an eventful week. Questrade set the tone and took the stage for the week with this announcement, laying down its robo trump card with some very low fees on its Questwealth portfolios. That set a new standard for rock bottom fees from a Canadian Robo Advisor. Before this announcement Questrade’s digital […]
Who is the most cost-effective robo advisor in Canada?
On the Saturday morning of November 3, 2018 Questrade shocked or at least rocked the Canadian Robo Investor world with this announcement. Here’s a post from Jonathan Chevreau from the Findependence Hub, as seen on moneysense.ca. On that rainy Saturday morning Canada’s largest discount brokerage firm Questrade brightened the prospects for many Canadian investors with the […]
Justwealth. The Canadian Robo Advisor that knows when to get personal.
Justwealth is one of Canada’s leading Robo Advisors. And once again, that ‘Robo’ moniker might be more than misleading when it comes to Justwealth and all of the robo’s. There is advice and guidance and help available. And certainly, the Canadian Robo Advisors offer various levels of financial advice, services and investment offerings. It’s more […]