We saw very strong ETF flows for May. Canadian investors continue to add to a wide array of asset classes. There was continued strength in the one ticket asset allocation ETFs. And surprisingly to many, even though bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to take it on the chin, Canadians continue to move monies to this […]
Investing in Canadian banks on Sunday Reads.
Canadian investors suffer from a ‘terrible’ home bias. That is we are waaaaaay overweight our Canadian stocks compared to US and other International stock markets. Well, so goes the theory. Canadian ETF investors are more ‘sensible’ and have a near equal allocation to Canadian and US markets with a more modest but meaningful allocation to […]
More mutual fund crap on Weekend Reads.
OK, there’s good news and bad news on the Canadian mutual fund watch. The good news is that Ontario has joined the rest of the Provinces to ban DSC or deferred service charges. A DSC fund will charge you a hefty fee of up to 7% if you want to sell your fund within a […]
Ditching your Canadian mutual funds on Weekend Reads.
Why am I here? Not in an existential pondering as in why am I here on this earth. But why am I here on this blog and here, on the internet? Why? To help Canadians find a better way and a simpler and more cost effective way to build wealth. And mostly the mission has […]
The Dividend Aristocrats are fighting back.
The Dividend Aristocrats are S&P 500 companies that have increased their dividends each year, for at least 25 years running. That is an exclusive group. Companies that have increased their dividends for 50 years or more are dividend royalty – they are dividend kings. The Aristocrats have underperformed over the last year and more. You […]
My new favourite Canadian ETF. The CI Wisdom Tree Quality Dividend ETF.
Thanks to Rob Carrick for this ETF idea. Well actually it was putting two Globe Investor pieces together. In this case, one plus one equals the CI Wisdom Tree Quality Dividend ETF – ticker DGRC. It combines the qualities that I personally look for in an equity ETF. Make that a meaningful dividend growth history […]