On the Cut The Crap Investing ETF Model Portfolio page you’ll find 3 Balanced Portfolios. Next in line is the All Stock Portfolio. This is the ‘plain vanilla’ couch potato approach of using broad market indices. In this portfolio the stocks are flying solo without the support of those bonds that can work as shock […]
Justwealth. The Canadian Robo Advisor that knows when to get personal.
Justwealth is one of Canada’s leading Robo Advisors. And once again, that ‘Robo’ moniker might be more than misleading when it comes to Justwealth and all of the robo’s. There is advice and guidance and help available. And certainly, the Canadian Robo Advisors offer various levels of financial advice, services and investment offerings. It’s more […]
Canada’s Most Famous Robo Advisor Wealthsimple.
Next up in the Canadian Review Series is the Robo Advisor Wealthsimple, the most well-known or famous of the Canadian Robo Advisors. We have to give the folks at Canadian Robo Advisor Wealthsimple a standing ovation for raising awareness in Canada. They have created some wonderful breakthrough advertising that lets Canadians know that investing can […]
The Balanced Growth Portfolio. The Investor’s Sweet Spot.
In the ETF Model Portfolio page you’ll find a ‘suggestion’ for the Balanced Growth Portfolio. Of course it includes the 4 core portfolio building blocks. And for the Canadian investor, here’s how that ETF Portfolio might look. It is typical for Balanced Growth Portfolios to be in the range of 70-80% stocks and 20-30% bonds. […]
The Classic Canadian Balanced Portfolio. Stocks for Growth, Bonds for Ballast.
The ‘Classic’ Balanced Portfolio offers very attractive growth potential with lower risks compared to an all-stock portfolio. The Classic asset allocation for a Balanced Portfolio is 60% stocks and 40% bonds. It is also common to see 50/50 stock to bond allocation models. On the ETF Model Portfolio page you will see the full range […]
Canadian Robo Advisors – BMO SmartFolio.
The next robo offering that we’ll look at is also offered by a major Canadian bank – SmartFolio from BMO’s brokerage arm BMO Nesbitt Burns. SmartFolio’s portfolios were designed by and are supervised by BMO Global Asset Management. BMO Global Asset Management is an industry leader with over $300 Billion of assets under management. At […]