That is the big question these days. When can I have my life back? When can I go back to work? Will the kids be back in school for this term? The question might even be will students get back to physical classrooms in 2020? We have so many new acronyms and terms these days […]
When you should embrace the stock market correction.
What do you need to embrace the stock market correction and recession created by COVID-19? First off, you need guts. We are in a period of extreme fear. You need to be able to press that buy button amid all of the scary reports and images. And it’s likely to get worse. You also need […]
Do you believe in the human spirit?
The world is currently fighting a virus. We are fighting a viral strain known as COVID-19. We are fighting something that we cannot see. And it doesn’t belong here, in humans. It belongs in other animals, epidemiologists tell us it originated in bats and found its way to humans. The human body doesn’t know what […]
Let’s not forget the lost decade for US stocks.
We forget a lot things as investors. Currently, we don’t know what a real stock market correction feels like. We certainly had a couple of love taps in the last several years. But we have not had an emotionally-crippling, serious fight with the stock markets. We are soft. It feels like stock markets always go […]
Has that Canadian home bias really hurt the Canadian investor?
Most of us make the same ‘mistake’. We invest with a home bias. You will see many estimates that show Canadians investing some 50% or more in the Canadian stock markets. What has been the cost to the Canadian investor? A quick look shows that a Canadian portfolio home bias has not hurt the Canadian […]
You have your plan in hand from your advice-only planner. Now what?
There can be incredible value in financial planning. And a new and growing trend is to seek out an advice-only planner. You can access advice and pay for what you need. You do not have to fork over a percentage of your portfolio value every year. And it’s conflict-free advice. But how do you invest […]