Many investors seek the comfort of the dividend payments. They like to see that dividend, that cash flow, land in their account. And as I’ve pointed out in past articles, the dividend can also be a divining rod that finds profitability and past business success. It can even find greater total returns over time. That […]
Canadian ETF investors add over $2.4 billion in May.
Canadian ETF investors continue to add to their portfolios during the pandemic. For May, the Canadian ETF Association and National Bank reported that Canadian ETF investors added over $2.4 billion to accounts. We continue to see robust activity with self directed investors and at the Canadian Robo Advisors. There is also plenty of momentum with […]
Why the Coronavirus Crisis Doesn’t Scare Retail Investors.
Seemingly everywhere we look, we see reasons to be pessimistic. Be it an all-time-high new jobless claims number in the U.S., or the Canadian unemployment rate in rising to 11% of the labour force. But the coronavirus crisis doesn’t scare retail investors; alongside record bearish news, we see a skyrocketing market and a new peculiar […]
Canadian investors see good news and bad news in these pandemic times.
A survey released in May suggests that many Canadian investors see opportunity amid all of the uncertainty. In fact many think that savvy investors will ‘make a killing’. Perhaps the choice of words is unfortunate given the cause of the market stress, but we get the point. But it’s also a double-sided coin given the […]
The Balanced Portfolio barely felt a thing in this pandemic.
It’s been a wild ride for the stock and bond markets. But if we step back and look at the performance over the last year, the traditional Balanced Portfolio is in positive territory. If you’d been living under a rock and did not check your portfolio statement for a couple of months, you might think […]
Get ready for the economic restart on Weekend Reads.
Provinces across Canada begin the process of opening the economy. We’ve also relaxed some of the social measures designed to keep COVID-19 under control. The US is ahead of us with many States opening up more sectors and businesses. Are we entering the other side in the battle against SARS-CoV-2? Or are we just getting […]