You’ll notice that in the ETF Model Portfolio page on Cut The Crap Investing I first offer up the core portfolios with the traditional building blocks of Canadian, US and International stocks supported by a broad basket of Canadian bonds. That’s a core approach embraced by many self-directed investors. You’ll even see that simple asset […]
The must reads from year one of Cut The Crap Investing.
It has been over a year since I launched this blog, and I promise this is the last kick at that can. Sure I made it through a year without my wife sending me back to work, big deal. 🙂 And speaking of kicking at cans I did write two articles on that one year […]
BMO celebrates 10 years of ETF success and innovation. May 2019 sees ETFs beat mutual funds, again.
From Investmentexecutive.com, May 2019 saw $4 billion of inflows to ETFs while mutual funds reversed trend and actually saw positive inflows of $719 million. April saw $1 billion leave the land of mutual funds. We are certainly heading in the right direction with a certain segment embracing low cost ETFs, while the majority of Canadians […]
Weekend Reads. IG (Investors Group) offers an embarrassing fee reduction.
As anyone who has ever crossed paths with Cut The Crap Investing would know, Canadians pay the highest mutual fund fees in the world or the developed world. We could argue about the studies and semantics, but does it really matter? Canadians routinely offer up half of their investment wealth to the big banks and […]
Is this the only truly passive portfolio that you can create with ETFs?
This week I was in Montreal for the Inside ETFs Canada conference. It was a wonderful experience. I had the opportunity to meet so many folks who are readers and followers and supporters and generally ‘internet friends’. It was so nice to be able to meet, in person, so many leaders who drive the industry […]
From inside the Inside ETFs Canada conference – the state of the ETF nation.
I am in Montreal attending the Inside ETFs Canada conference. I will be participating in a panel session on ETF model portfolio creation for a few scenarios. It should be fun and interesting. I am ‘up against’ some very seasoned professionals who have extensive knowledge with respect to financial planning and advanced portfolio modelling. You […]