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 […]
Are you ready for the new normal? Plus our Weekend Reads.
To state the obvious, life has changed. The way we live and work and feel has likely changed forever. A pandemic can do that to ya. What may be up for debate is the degree to which things will change, and how long it will take to reclaim some of ‘how things used to be’. […]
The Robo Advisors rule and Warren Buffett speaks out on Weekend Reads.
It’s been a while since we gave a shout out to the Canadian Robo advisors. I’ve suggested for quite some time that the Robo’s are a great option for the bulk of Canadians who are trapped in high fee mutual funds. A recent post from Rob Carrick of the Globe and Mail confirms what I’ve […]