This week I penned on the US Dividend Aristocrats. That’s a group of S&P 500 constituents that have increased their dividends every year for 25 years (or more). In Canada, we’re not so picky, the Canadian Aristocrats are companies that have increased their dividends for 5 years or more. For a backgrounder on these Canadian […]
The Dividend Aristocrats in Canada and the US.
The Dividend Aristocrats may form the bedrock of dividend growth investing in the US. Many investors trust the divining rod of a meaningful dividend growth history. It takes an incredibly successful company to make its way into the venerable S&P 500 index. For a company to then be able to increase its dividend every year […]
Horizons makes a move to block the government’s tax grab.
Is this a game of chess? As you may know the The Department of Finance has its eye on Horizons swap-based ETFs that provide incredible tax efficiency for those who invest in taxable accounts. There is no income to be taxed. The ETFs are designed to replicate the total returns of an index such as […]
Vanguard Asset Allocation Portfolios Attract $1 Billion in 2019.
As we had suggested in the MoneySense Best ETFs for 2019, the One Ticket Asset Allocation ETFs are a game changer. An investor can enter 4 letters and purchase a well diversified and re-balanced portfolio at the risk level of choice. There’s really no reason to hold high fee mutual funds. You can access a […]
The Canadian Stock Market – Safe Haven For Stock Pickers?
This is a guest post by passionate investor Mike Heroux who authors The Dividend Guy Blog. I must tell you, since Dale started this blog, I’ve been a fan. While we are very different in many ways; we share something in common: the urge of sharing our investment knowledge and to make sure investors don’t […]
Weekend Reads: Why the FIRE gang may end up taking my order at Tim Hortons.
FIRE is an acronym for Financial Independence Retire Early, and of course it’s all the rage these days. Good luck to everyone on this front. Those old enough will remember those Freedom 55 commercials from London Life. It was a very successful ad campaign in which the current stressed out ‘worker you’ was transported into […]