It’s a Sunday smorgasbord with a look at Canadian bank dividend hike(s) potential. We’ll check in with FT at Million Dollar Journey – a wealth building update. Rob at Passive Canadian income pitches in on the dividend update front as well. There’s a Robo roundup at the Globe & Mail. FiPhysician shows why retirees should […]
Buffett beats as stocks retreat on the Sunday Reads.
My latest article for Seeking Alpha shows that Warren Buffett and the team at Berkshire Hathaway is back to beating the market in a significant way. I have long suggested that retirees consider Berkshire as a holding. It is the largest position in my wife’s accounts. And maybe the stock belongs in most every account […]
How much do you need to retire? And waiting on the stock markets on the Sunday Reads.
If you’re wondering why your portfolio has stalled it’s not you , it’s the markets. Stock markets and even a sensible balanced portfolio has not gone anywhere in the last two years. And no worries on that front, that’s normal stock market and portfolio behaviour. We can stall or decline for extended periods. Those stalls […]
The waiting is the hardest part, and the most profitable times for investors.
Investors are starting to notice that their portfolios have been treading water for a couple of years. Over the last two years, a global balanced growth portfolio would essentially be flat. Of course, move out to 3 year, 5 year and 10 year time horizons and we have very solid to generous returns. At times […]
What stocks and ETFs are you buying? On the Sunday Reads.
I’ve posted the above question on Twitter, on Seeking Alpha, in emails and texts. What are you buying? We are having a solid correction in stocks, REITs and bonds. Assets are going on sale. And sure, stocks could go lower. Bond yields could go higher (lowering bond prices). The thing is, no one knows how […]
Slow and steady wins the race on the Sunday Reads.
There’s a nice mix of reads this week. Including the sage advice from the headline, courtesy of Freddy Flintstone who was investing pre-ETF era. This week I was back at MoneySense, making sense of the markets or at least giving it a go. You’ll find a wrap of the first half of 2022, plus a […]