It’s been a wild ride for the stock and bond markets. But if we step back and look at the performance over the last year, the traditional Balanced Portfolio is in positive territory. If you’d been living under a rock and did not check your portfolio statement for a couple of months, you might think […]
BMO’s Low Volatilty ETF in very volatile times.
Low volatility ETFs smooth out the ride during the normal ups and downs. But can they also protect against the big drawdowns that occur in more severe stock market corrections? So far so good for BMO’s Low Volatility ETF. It held up better than market in the most violent market correction we’ve ever experienced. As […]
Where will the stock markets go next? On Weekend Reads.
Of course no one knows where the stock markets will go next. Predictions are difficult to make, especially about the future. That said we do know stock market history and the history of stock market corrections. Can they be a guide? As they say, history doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme. Where will the […]
ETF investors add monies in March. Mutual Fund investors run for the hills.
Yes it’s a tale of two investors. Many now say that ‘The Smart Money’ is the retail investor. More so, it might be the retail investor that is smart enough to find their way to Exchange Traded Funds. That investor will be more aware and better prepared for investment risk. That savvy investor is more […]
How are the Canadian dividend ETFs holding up?
Many investors will embrace the almighty dividend for many reasons. Most investors simply like to see that dividend, that cash flow, land in their account. The dividend can also be a divining rod that finds profitability and past business success. But certainly, that does not mean that the Canadian dividend ETFs will find more stability […]
What the heck is going on with Canadian bonds and bond funds?
The answer to the headline just might apply to the broader ‘what is going on in the stock markets?’ Ditto for the gold prices and bitcoin and so on. Trying to make sense of any asset price is more than tricky business these days. Nothing seems to make sense. The velocity of price movements is […]