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 […]
The investment lessons of one very telling Tangerine chart. Canadian mutual funds 101.
OK, I know the suspense is killing you so let’s get right to that chart that offers so many universal investment lessons. Here’s the performance chart for the 5 Tangerine Portfolios. As you may know I was an advisor and Trainer at Tangerine Investments so I spent a lot of time looking at these return […]
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. […]
ETF Model Portfolio – Balanced With More Bonds.
Last week I penned the first article on the ETF Model Portfolio section on Cut The Crap Investing. Over the next few weeks, I will write a post covering the assets and risk and return potential for each of the portfolios. I will also cover how some of the professional money managers will approach each […]
ETF Model Portfolios on Cut The Crap Investing.
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 […]
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 […]