This is a battle between lower-fee Canadian Robo Advisor portfolios vs high-fee Canadian mutual funds. As you are likely aware Canadians pay some of the highest investment fees in the world. Larry Bates, the author of Beat The Bank, calls those fees wealth destroyers. Lowering fees is one of the most predictable ways to increase […]
Looking at Canadian mutual funds on the Sunday Reads.
While the vast majority of Canadian mutual funds are very ‘weak’, there are a couple of bright spots. Mawer might head the list. They have perfected the art of boring. Tangerine has some very good offerings. Tangerine offers index-based balanced couch potato portfolios. Also, Canada’s largest mutual funds from RBC are not that bad. In […]
The top ten most popular posts of 2021.
Happy new year. Today we’ll take a look at the most popular post (on Cut The Crap Investing) for 2021. Readers are the final judge. I’ll simply look at the readership numbers that are tracked by WordPress. The most popular posts of 2021 must also demonstrate the type of information that reader seek. As a […]
Checking in on the balanced asset allocation ETFs.
If you are not yet familiar with the all-in-one asset allocation ETFs, do yourself a favour and get up to speed. These are game changers for Canadian investors. You might also hear them referred to as one ticket ETFs. TD calls their offerings ‘one click’. And one click explains it quite nicely. With one click […]
Investors take a breather, on the Sunday Reads.
The stock markets have had quite the run to say the least. And we have not even had a 5% correction since the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup. I’m exaggerating, it’s only been a few hundred days since we’ve had a 5% or more U.S. stock market correction. Perhaps the next real market […]
Rethinking retirement (RIP), on the Sunday Reads.
Today’s post will weave together retirement as seen in a more traditional sense and those who practice F.I.R.E. – an acronym for financial independence and retire early. In the Globe and Mail Brenda Bouw offered that the COVID pandemic is giving early retirees second thoughts, they’re going back to work. On FiPhysician, Dr. David Graham […]