I have been a self-directed investor since the beginning of my investment ‘career’. I purchased the TSX 60 iShares XIU (ticker) in the late 1990’s. I was an early evangelist for low fee ‘passive’ index investing. As I like to joke, I was talking to anyone and everyone who wasn’t willing to or wanting to […]
How Investing in Dividend Growth Stocks Can Work Wonders.
Special to Cut The Crap Investing by Bob Ciura from Sure Dividend. Sure Dividend helps individual investors find high quality dividend growth stocks trading at fair or better prices. Some investors tend to view dividend stocks as boring. Steady dividend payers do not get nearly the same level of coverage in the financial media as […]
The Week That Was And What To Read.
Each Friday or Saturday morning I plan to post the week in review, and to offer you some links and ideas on what to read for entertainment and inspiration and also on how to get your financial life in order. There’s nothing like a good read and a cup O’ Joe on those Saturday and […]
Should You Create an ETF Portfolio, or go Robo with a Canadian Robo Advisor?
The answer to that question is trickier than it appears. And it’s a question that was often posed to me when I was an advisor on the index based portfolios at Tangerine Investments. In fact, and often, I was not asked but challenged. Once the clients understood that the portfolios tracked the S&P 500 for […]
What are Smart Beta Funds? And are they Really Smart?
Recently I posted the blog What is an Exchange Traded Fund? Of course an Exchange Traded Fund is a an investment fund that trades on a stock exchange. For what is index investing you can have a read of the aptly named What is Index Investing? Yes, I know I am not being very creative […]
What is an Exchange Traded Fund?
For the average investor, the investment revolution began with the mutual fund. A mutual fund allows the average Joe or Jane to buy into the stock and bond markets and create simple portfolios. On ‘what is an investment portfolio?’ have a read of my blog post This Is Easy Street For Canadian Investors. You are […]