As warm and cuddly and comforting as are dividends, the subject or investment approach can lead to some lively debates. Many will write (or build podcasts on the subject) that dividends simply don’t matter. On that, here’s a measured response from Mike at The Dividend Guy blog. Please have a read of Should I Go […]
The All-Stock Model ETF Portfolios – 2018 Review.
I recently looked at the returns of the Balanced Model ETF Portfolios on Cut The Crap Investing. Here’s the article and Why They Outperformed The Vanguard Portfolios in 2018. Those Balanced Portfolios were benchmarked against the wonderful Vanguard One Ticket Solutions. That is, you can purchase a complete globally diversified portfolio by entering one ticker […]
ETF Model Portfolios on Cut The Crap Investing.
I have been a self-directed investor since the beginning of my investment ‘career’. I purchased the TSX 60 iShares XIU (ticker) in the late 1990’s. I was an early evangelist for low fee ‘passive’ index investing. As I like to joke, I was talking to anyone and everyone who wasn’t willing to or wanting to […]
Canadian Robo Advisors – The Tangerine Big Juicy Dividend Edition.
I kicked off my Canadian Robo Advisor series with a look at the first robo advisor in Canada that is also the largest by assets – and that’s the offering from Tangerine by way of the Tangerine Portfolios. Today we’ll look at the Tangerine Dividend Portfolio. Tangerine offers 4 core portfolios that replicate the large […]