In February 2018 Vanguard Canada launched all-in-one complete Balanced Portfolios that you can purchase by entering one ticker symbol. For example, in your discount brokerage account you would enter the symbol VBAL to get a complete, globally diversified Balanced Portfolio. The Portfolio is 60% Canadian, US and International stocks with 40% of those shock absorbers […]
Canadian Robo Advisor ModernAdvisor. A Better Way for Canadians to Invest.
I found the headline on their site. OK, let’s say I borrowed the headline. It’s also the mission for this site. And of course this is a category statement. Canadian investors are plagued by high fees. In fact Canadians pay the highest mutual fund fees in the developed world. Larry Bates, the author of Beat […]
Yes, investors, today is a good day to plant a tree.
When I was an advisor on Tangerine’s index-based portfolios it was a common question asked by clients and potential clients. Is today a good day to invest? The answer was always yes. ‘Today is a good day to plant a tree’. When you have many years or decades and you’re prepared to be patient and […]
The All-Stock Model ETF Portfolios – 2018 Review.
I recently looked at the returns of the Balanced Model ETF Portfolios on Cut The Crap Investing. Here’s the article and Why They Outperformed The Vanguard Portfolios in 2018. Those Balanced Portfolios were benchmarked against the wonderful Vanguard One Ticket Solutions. That is, you can purchase a complete globally diversified portfolio by entering one ticker […]
Questwealth Portfolios. A new name and a new low-fee Robo Advisor champion in Canada.
In October of 2018 Questrade, Canada’s fastest-growing discount brokerage, changed the name of their Portfolio IQ Robo Advisor service to Questwealth Portfolios. At the same time they shocked and rocked the Canadian Robo Advisor world with the lowest fee structures for portfolios below the $400,000 range. Here’s that rock ’em sock ’em fee chart. Keep […]
The Greater Income Model ETF Portfolio.
The goal of this portfolio is provide a nice combination of potential capital appreciation in concert with some very generous income. The capital appreciation and (potential of) increasing income will be provided by the Canadian and US High Dividend index funds. The real estate component will hopefully deliver on the capital appreciation and income sides […]