Should you pay attention to withholding taxes on dividends? What about about capital gains vs dividend income? Should tax considerations trump asset allocation and your risk tolerance level? I get many questions with respect to taxes and ETFs. I will suggest that you do not let taxation and withholding taxes on US and International dividends […]
You might not need a financial planner.
Recently I posted on the wonderful option of obtaining your financial advice a la carte. Yup. Just pay for what you need. You do not have to fork over a percentage of your total portfolio value every year. And in fact, you might not even need to fork over a single nickel for planning advice, […]
What is advice-only financial planning?
All investors can benefit from financial advice. Quite simply there is ‘stuff’ that we don’t know. And you don’t know what you don’t know. But there are professionals who do know. There are various types and levels of advice. In this post we will top line what is advice-only financial planning? It can also be […]
Retire with that coffee on weekend reads.
I have read many wonderful posts on the topic of retirement over the last week or two. Here is what inquiring retirees or near retirees often want to know. When can I retire? How can I make my retirement monies last? How do I best fund that retirement? I covered retirement risks and retirement funding […]
My investment moves on Weekend Reads.
US and Canadian stock markets have hit new highs. What is an investor to do? While choppy and volatile markets can cause investor paralysis, so can robust markets. My moves? I’ve started to trim some of our US stocks. I’ve added some US bonds to help protect our US stock assets. It seems that investors […]
The ever-changing Canadian ETF landscape, and Weekend Reads.
It was a more than robust week in the land of Canadian ETFs. And the Canadian digital wealth managers continue to evolve and grow. Yes we had some ‘consolidation’ in the Canadian Robo Advisor space. Planswell shut its doors laying off nearly 60 employees. In you are a Globe and Mail subscriber you can read […]