Dear Canadian Investors: you’re own your own. Or should I write ‘Poor” Canadian Investors? Those that regulate the Canadian Mutual Fund industry do not have your back. That’s been the case for many decades, so let’s just say that not much has changed. Canadians pay the highest mutual fund fees in the developed world according […]
This Is Easy Street For Canadian Investors.
Investing is simple. We are all familiar with the KISS acronym. Simplicity is the key to successful investing. I have been reading and studying investing and investment strategies for decades and came to the conclusion that for the most part “nobody knows nothing”. Great. All that research and tens of thousands of hours of study […]
What And Who Are The Canadian Robo Advisors?
Most investors want or need investment advice. I learned after many decades in and around the industry, including over 5 years as an advisor at Tangerine Investments. Canadians are not all that interested in their investments. Nope, folks are more interested in making money and well, living. So most need, or seek advice. Unfortunately most […]
What is index investing?
OK, perhaps one of the main reasons why most Canadians are still stuck in high fee mutual funds is because they don’t understand the concept of index investing, and how and why it is superior to the more active (and more expensive) style of investing. When speaking with investors I never assume they have extensive […]
Oh Canada, it’s time to cut the crap – investing that is.
Welcome to the first article for cutthecrapinvesting.com. I will try and keep this short and sweet. This is an investment site and investment guy on a simple mission. And it’s a simple story. When it comes to investments, Canadians pay some of the highest mutual fund fees on the planet. Canadians are mostly invested in […]