Investors around the globe are known to invest with a home bias. That is, due to familiarity investors allocate too much to their home country. Canadians will typically hold more Canadian equities compared to US or International equities. Meanwhile Canada represents only 3% of the global economy. And OK, I’ll lead off with my personal […]
Living off of the dividends to create retirement income.
Living off of the dividends in retirement is a popular concept and a very popular approach for many retirees. There is a comfort level that comes with not having to sell shares to produce income. But is it a wise strategy? Or does this leave money on the table? As many of my readers will […]
iShares Adds Three One Ticket Asset Allocation Portfolios.
The momentum continues for the game-changing One Ticket Asset Allocation Portfolios. Yesterday we saw three new funds introduced by iShares and an actively managed fund from CI Investments. iShares likes to refer to them as multi-asset ETF solutions. From Pat Chiefalo, the head of iShares Canada. “We know investing can be complicated, but it doesn’t […]
Real advisors will not be intimidated by those wonderful Questrade commercials.
You’ve likely seen those Questrade TV commercials. They shine a light on the high fees that Canadians pay for their investments . The campaign shows several break up scenarios where investors are saying goodbye to their advisor and the accompanying high fees. It was nice to see this article and headline in the Globe and […]
How to place buy and sell orders for your ETFs.
This week I helped a friend invest their entire RRSP portfolio at Questrade. It was a significant sum given that he had been adding to this portfolio for decades. He is now comfortably invested in VBAL, that one ticket portfolio from Vanguard. He had been paying some very high mutual fund fees and was receiving […]
BMO InvestorLine adviceDirect. Co-pilot for the Self-Directed Investor.
As I had outlined in my review of BMO SmartFolio BMO Wealth offers a full suite of online offerings. Auto Pilot – SmartFolio Co Pilot – BMO InvestorLine adviceDirect Fly Solo – BMO InvestorLine Self-Directed Today we’ll look at BMO InvestorLine adviceDirect the Co Pilot option that is designed for self-directed investors who want some […]