2020 was another year in which ETFs outpaced mutual fund sales in Canada. National Bank is out with their year-end review that showed a record year for ETF assets and for ETF sales. Not even the the first modern day pandemic could slow down the momentum for ETFs in Canada. And ETF investors were mostly […]
The performance of the one ticket ETFs for 2020, plus the Weekend Reads.
The one ticket ETF portfolios are game changers in Canada. You can get a more comprehensive and ‘complete’ portfolio by way of entering one ticker symbol. The fees are incredibly low, in the area of .20%. Yes, that’s about one-tenth of the cost of a traditional mutual fund in Canada. Of course most Canadians should […]
Checking in on Vanguard’s VRIF on Weekend Reads.
In September of 2020, Vanguard’s VRIF ETF was launched. The ETF is an all-in-one retirement funding solution. It is designed to pay out 4% of the portfolio value in 12 monthly distributions. That level of income is set at the end of each calendar year, based on the year end value. If the Santa Claus […]
The TD GoalAssist app on Weekend Reads.
On Tuesday of the this week, TD took aim at Wealthsimple Trade and Canadian Robo Advisors with the launch of the TD GoalAssist app. The TD GoalAssist app is a stock and ETF trading platform that also has some Robo-like qualities. I think it’s another welcome addition. Many of the big players in the Canadian […]
The ETF portfolio for retirees. How you doing?
We’ll check in on the ETF portfolio for retirees. We know that a simple balanced portfolio would have held up quite well over the last year. What does that mean for the retiree that creates a simple ETF portfolio to fund retirement? We’ll have a look at the 7-ETF portfolio for retirees on Cut The […]
For monthly retirement income, you might look to the BMO monthly income ETF.
Vanguard recently ‘disrupted’ the land of retirement funding and one ticket ETFs. They released a one ticket retirement income ETF – ticker VRIF. The new release created quite a stir. It was a hit with bloggers and the greater financial press. Many Cut The Crap Investing readers were more than interested after I posted a […]