At the ballpark, I recently ran into James Gauthier, the partner and Chief Investment Officer at Canadian Robo Advisor Justwealth. I did not literally run into James on the ball diamond, we were both in attendance to watch our boys compete in the 18u Provincial Championships. But of course, I soon turned the conversation to […]
Say goodbye to your Canadian home bias.
Investors around the globe are known to invest with a home bias. That is, due to familiarity investors allocate too much to their home country. Canadians will typically hold more Canadian equities compared to US or International equities. Meanwhile Canada represents only 3% of the global economy. And OK, I’ll lead off with my personal […]
Living off of the dividends to create retirement income.
Living off of the dividends in retirement is a popular concept and a very popular approach for many retirees. There is a comfort level that comes with not having to sell shares to produce income. But is it a wise strategy? Or does this leave money on the table? As many of my readers will […]
Retirement Funding: Making The Most Of GIS and CPP Benefits.
This is a guest post by invitation, from Graeme Hughes, PFP. Thanks to Graeme, this is a wonderful follow up post to The 3 Most Common Mistakes of Canadian Investors. Over to Graeme … Canada’s tax and benefits system is a convoluted tangle of programs, rules and exceptions that can be a genuine challenge to […]
iShares Adds Three One Ticket Asset Allocation Portfolios.
The momentum continues for the game-changing One Ticket Asset Allocation Portfolios. Yesterday we saw three new funds introduced by iShares and an actively managed fund from CI Investments. iShares likes to refer to them as multi-asset ETF solutions. From Pat Chiefalo, the head of iShares Canada. “We know investing can be complicated, but it doesn’t […]
Real advisors will not be intimidated by those wonderful Questrade commercials.
You’ve likely seen those Questrade TV commercials. They shine a light on the high fees that Canadians pay for their investments . The campaign shows several break up scenarios where investors are saying goodbye to their advisor and the accompanying high fees. It was nice to see this article and headline in the Globe and […]