Tangerine is the leading online bank in Canada. With Tangerine you can get most everything you want or need out of a core banking experience, and you can do so by paying no fees. That’s right – zero fees. That is a a great option compared compared to forking over $20, $30 or more per […]
The Redditors are coming and so is bitcoin, on Weekend Reads.
As far as the stock markets go this week was historic. Retail investors (known as the Redditors) apparently took down some sizable hedge funds. It was an online version of occupy Wall Street. While the war is not over, it appears that the Redditors won the first battle. That was the lead story for my […]
The Canadian dividend ETFs in 2021.
In this post we’ll look at the final tally for Canadian dividend ETFs in 2021. Of course, Canadian dividend ETFs had a rough go in 2020 during the first year of the first modern day pandemic. The dividend ETFs fell by more than market and while they began to fight back against the TSX Composite, […]
Sturdy Canadian dividend stocks on Weekend Reads.
Sturdy. I like that word. The Cambridge dictionary describes sturdy as – physically strong and solid or thick, and therefore unlikely to break or be hurt. That’s what I look for in the manner that I run our stock portfolios. I don’t like to be hurt. I will look for better risk adjusted returns by […]
The Canadian ETF update for 2020, on Weekend Reads.
2020 was another year in which ETFs outpaced mutual fund sales in Canada. National Bank is out with their year-end review that showed a record year for ETF assets and for ETF sales. Not even the the first modern day pandemic could slow down the momentum for ETFs in Canada. And ETF investors were mostly […]
Introducing the Tangerine Global ETF Portfolios.
Tangerine has launched three ETF Portfolios. With management fees of .65% the Tangerine ETF Portfolios will compete with the Robo Advisors that also use ETFs. As readers may know, I was an investment advisor with Tangerine Investments for over 5 years, from 2013 and into 2018. I had long suggested (begged) that they find a […]