Canadians love their big juicy dividends. And for those who do seek income they’ve been forced into this search for yield thanks to the low bond yield environment. I am guilty as charged. I personally hold several Canadian wide moat dividend stocks. For my wife’s main RRSP account we hold Vanguard’s High Dividend Yield Index […]
The New Balanced Portfolio.
I recently asked if it was curtains for the traditional balanced portfolio. The post was in response to a few reader questions and concerns. We don’t know the future, but I would hold the opinion that a traditional balanced portfolio will still get the job done. That said, there are a few moves that we […]
Is Tangerine a Robo Advisor?
If you use Google to search for the top Canadian Robo Advisors you will not find Tangerine in the search findings. When you read the top Robo Advisor reviews, you will not find mention of Tangerine Investments. Is Google wrong? Are the Canadian personal finance writers getting it wrong? Is Tangerine a Robo Advisor? Now […]
Canadian ETFs set to top that $200 billion mark.
At the end of October 2019 Canadian ETF assets stood at $192 billion. With the recent and very robust markets it might be safe to say that assets have ‘crashed through’ that $200,000,000,000 mark. Yes, I like to write that number including all of the zeroes. That’s a lot of zeroes. That equals a lot […]
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 […]