The price of bitcoin is going crazy. There’s just no other way to describe it. On Friday it was knocking off $1,000 US price barriers by the hour. In one stretch of 16 hours from Friday into Saturday the price of bitcoin increased by over 12%. To put that into context, have a look at […]
Building the simple stock portfolio.
The shift to self-directed investing is a tidal wave. The pandemic accelerated many trends that were already well under way. In the stay at home and work from home reality of 2020, more Canadians moved their investments online. And so many more Canadians took control of those investments. The rate of new account sign ups […]
Returns for the Cut The Crap Investing ETF Portfolios.
It was an incredible year. We experienced the first modern day pandemic and the stock markets delivered very impressive returns. Of course those market returns were fueled by record stimulus from central banks around the world. Governments pitched in with more than generous support programs for workers and businesses. In the end, we saw generous […]
Was the F.I.R.E. movement doused by the pandemic?
F.I.R.E is an acronym for Financial Independence Retire Early. It is a very popular movement that gets a lot of attention in the blogosphere and on social media. The idea is to eat excess amounts of ramen noodles, squeeze your budget until it squeals, save 90% of your income, invest like crazy in an all-stock […]
A look at Tangerine portfolio performance for 2020.
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 […]