The Canadian asset allocation ETFs are game changers. This asset allocation ETF portfolio post/page will continually update the returns for the ETF providers. We’ll also compare the returns between the asset allocation ETF providers. And we’ll keep track by category, from the lower risk income category to the higher risk all-equity models. The tables will […]
The green commodities supercycle on the Sunday Reads.
In my column for MoneySense this week, I look at the green commodities supercycle. Perhaps no cyclical sub-sector investment opportunity offers more tailwinds. And right in front of that tailwind is a windmill and other clean energy producers. Parked in front of that windmill (and plugged in) is an electric vehicle. The entire globe and […]
How did the pandemic portfolio perform?
I was the first investment blogger to ‘jump on’ the investment risks that might be created by the coronavirus. In fact, when I first penned on the subject in February of 2020, the virus was not then known as COVID-19. And we were not yet in a global pandemic. New cases were just starting to […]
Stocks and bonds to fight inflation on the Sunday Reads
We don’t often think of bonds to help us fight inflation. Core bond funds can get slaughtered, hit by the potential of rising rates (bond prices go down) and decreased spending power in real dollar terms thanks to an increase in the cost of living. So we’ll look to inflation-adjusted bonds. The thing is, the […]
Canadian stocks are looking rosy, says Rosey, on the Sunday Reads.
Canadian economist David Rosenberg is known as a ‘permabear’. Meaning that he is usually predicting a market decline or recession. Of course the old joke is that economists have predicted eight of the last two recessions. That said, Rosenberg (Rosey) and a select few economists and portfolio managers did predict the last two major stock […]
Justwealth is the top-performing Canadian Robo Advisor.
The Canadian Robo Advisors came on the scene just over 5 years ago. A few of the Robo Advisors will offer that they were Canada’s first Robo Advisor. Typically Wealthsimple and Nest Wealth will argue for that crown. We can now compare the 5-year performance for a handful of the Robo’s. Five years is meaningful […]