For all of the headwinds and bad press for the Canadian economy, you’d think that the stock market was in a tailspin. But surprisingly, that’s not the case. The TSX Composite and TSX 60 are threatening to make new highs, eh. That’s as U.S. stocks make new high after new high. Given that, balanced portfolios […]
Will AI power your portfolio? Plus, the Sunday Reads.
NVIDIA and AI rules the week, just as there are expectations that artificial intellgence (AI) will rule the world for the next decade or three. NVDIA (NVDA) reported absolutely spectacular results this week. Revenue was up 409% compared to the same quarter of 2023 while earnings increased 765% year over year. Those results and general […]
The S&P 500 cracks 5000 on the Sunday Reads.
The S&P 500, also known as the U.S. stock market broke and held 5000 this week. That’s a new all-time high for the most watched (and most invested) stock market index. The most popular version of the index is cap-weighted, meaning the largest stocks by valuation get the greatest weight in the index. The active […]
A November to remember for stocks, on the Sunday Reads.
The history of stock market momentum signalled that November would be a strong month, and history more than rhymed. November delivered almost 9% for U.S. stocks and Canadian stocks had a strong month up over 6%. International stocks were up by near 6% as well. Bonds are back as well. With inflation cooperating and predictions […]
Canadians leave $17 billion on the table each year, in the Sunday Reads.
Thanks to high-fee mutual funds, Canadians are leaving a lot of money on the table. While superior ETF investment options have been available for more than two decades, Canadians are slow to help themselves out. Those fees are wealth destroyers. We’re not making the move to ETFs at the pace of the rest of the […]
When should you rebalance your portfolio? And lessons from the Tangerine portfolios.
How often should you rebalance your portfolio? There’s good news on that front as less is more. We’ll take a look at a very telling chart from Frederick Vettese. And I take another look at the very telling perfomance table for the core Tangerine Portfolios. In this post I will also take you through my […]