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 […]
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 […]