It was a more than robust week in the land of Canadian ETFs. And the Canadian digital wealth managers continue to evolve and grow. Yes we had some ‘consolidation’ in the Canadian Robo Advisor space. Planswell shut its doors laying off nearly 60 employees. In you are a Globe and Mail subscriber you can read […]
It’s Halloween, I’m going out as a Canadian mutual fund.
Yup it’s time to scare the kids. It’s Halloween. Well except in Montreal and other parts of Quebec where they’ve postponed Halloween. Be safe out there kids. But my hope is to scare the parents with my Canadian mutual fund costume. I’m still working out the details for the costume. And it’s not the mutual […]
The Canadian Dividend Aristocrats on Weekend Reads.
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 […]
Weekend Reads. Using factor based ETFs as a core holding.
I recently looked at BMO’s Low Volatility ETF, ticker ZLB. The investment approach or methodology is also available as an F-series mutual fund. The post created great interest. What’s not to like with a brief history of better returns with less risk? But does the fund make for a suitable core Canadian equity investment? Original […]
Weekend Reads: Lower prices are good for the portfolio.
Apparently we’ve had more stock market volatility over the last few weeks. I don’t really pay much attention to markets but I did find some alarmist headlines and tweets. It does not take much to get investors excited or nervous. And certainly, over the last couple of weeks, I had many more good reasons to […]