I recently offered a 7-ETF model portfolio for retirement. It’s a common question “How do I use ETFs to fund my retirement?” Here’s The Simple 7 ETF Portfolio For Canadian Retirees. And the good news is that simplicity and simple asset allocation has worked wonders for North American retirees. We don’t have to get too […]
Investment lessons from the world’s greatest investor – Warren Buffett.
Every year thousands of shareholders flock to the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting to get an update on company progress, and to hear The Oracle Of Omaha offer his folksy words of wisdom. As you may know Berkshire Hathaway is the company operated by Warren Buffett and his team. Mr. Buffett is one of the richest […]
The Simple 7 ETF Portfolio for Canadian Retirees.
It’s a question that I am asked with regularity. Readers will email or comment on articles “all of this ETF stuff is great, but how do I set this up an ETF portfolio for retirement?” Robb Engen of Boomer and Echo will, uh well, ‘echo’ that sentiment. Here is the simple 7 ETF portfolio for […]
How to Create a Retirement Portfolio with Exchange Traded Funds.
Creating a retirement portfolio with Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) is easy. Creating a retirement portfolio with ETFs is a challenge. Both of the above statements is true. Building a retirement portfolio is quite simple, just as building wealth in the accumulation stage is quite simple. And if you’re a self-directed investor using ETFs you’re likely […]
BMO Keeps It Simple With Their One Ticket Portfolio Solutions.
This week we witnessed another entry into the Canadian Asset Allocation One Ticket Portfolio Solutions. Welcome BMO. On Friday February 15th BMO launched 3 asset allocation portfolios by way of the Conservative ZCON, the Balanced ZBAL and the Growth ZGRO. Here is the overview from the Fact Sheets. Wonderfully simple or plain vanilla? Take your […]
The Vanguard asset allocation portfolios.
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 […]