On Tuesday of the this week, TD took aim at Wealthsimple Trade and Canadian Robo Advisors with the launch of the TD GoalAssist app. The TD GoalAssist app is a stock and ETF trading platform that also has some Robo-like qualities. I think it’s another welcome addition. Many of the big players in the Canadian […]
Divesting from fossil fuels is just one click away thanks to iShares ESG ETF Portfolios.
Ecologists understand that diversity helps to build a resilient ecosystem. Likewise, investors understand that diversification brings a more resilient portfolio. Finding the right mix of global stocks and bonds has been a winning ticket for long-term investors. Now they’re available to sustainably-minded investors, too. The new iShares ESG ETF portfolios deliver a one-click option. This […]
CI First Asset REIT – RIT. The active REIT ETF that’s beating the benchmark.
The real estate sector has been battered by the pandemic. Retail and Office REITs have been particularly hard hit as social distancing and health and safety-related concerns have resulted in seismic shifts in work from home and online shopping. And it’s possible that the shift in how we work and how we shop is permanent. […]
Building the Canadian stock portfolio on Weekend Reads.
In my opinion the Canadian stock market and the Canadian economy present a unique opportunity. We can build the Canadian stock portfolio by focusing on a few key sectors. Canada is home to many wide moat or oligopoly sectors that includes the Canadian banks, telcos, railways, grocers, pipelines and utilities. For Million Dollar Journey, here’s […]
The ETF portfolio for retirees. How you doing?
We’ll check in on the ETF portfolio for retirees. We know that a simple balanced portfolio would have held up quite well over the last year. What does that mean for the retiree that creates a simple ETF portfolio to fund retirement? We’ll have a look at the 7-ETF portfolio for retirees on Cut The […]
For monthly retirement income, you might look to the BMO monthly income ETF.
Vanguard recently ‘disrupted’ the land of retirement funding and one ticket ETFs. They released a one ticket retirement income ETF – ticker VRIF. The new release created quite a stir. It was a hit with bloggers and the greater financial press. Many Cut The Crap Investing readers were more than interested after I posted a […]