I recently looked at the returns for the core ETF Portfolios on Cut The Crap Investing. It was more than a solid year with annual returns in the range of 9.8% to 11.0% for 2020. It was another great year for simple couch potato investing. Simple and cheap worked. Today we’ll look at the returns […]
Checking in on Vanguard’s VRIF on Weekend Reads.
In September, Vanguard’s VRIF ETF was launched. The ETF is an all-in-one retirement funding solution. It is designed to pay out 4% of the portfolio value in 12 monthly distributions. That level of income is set at the end of each calendar year, based on the year end value. If the Santa Claus rally continues, […]
The ETF portfolio for retirees. How you doing?
We’ll check in on the ETF portfolio for retirees. We know that a simple balanced portfolio would have held up quite well over the last year. What does that mean for the retiree that creates a simple ETF portfolio to fund retirement? We’ll have a look at the 7-ETF portfolio for retirees on Cut The […]
Sunday reads. What a week it was.
OK, whoever is writing this stuff (the script for the world in which we live) is doing a bang up job. The twists and turns, the use of irony and dramatic foreshadowing, the list of characters and the character assassinations. So many literary devices on display. Hollywood screenwriters could not to a better job. In […]
Vanguard adds a retirement one ticket portfolio – VRIF.
Yup. The RIF in the Vanguard retirement portfolio ETF ticker stands for Retirement Income Fund. It’s a new retirement one ticket portfolio – VRIF. It’s a diversified fund of funds designed to deliver a consistent 4% income stream. The one ticket asset allocation portfolios are certainly game changers. Will VRIF change the game for the […]
It’s RRSP contribution deadline day.
Last call. Tick Tock. You can make an RRSP contribution today and use that contribution slip when you file your 2019 taxes. It’s RRSP contribution deadline day. Of course it’s called a first 60-day contribution. You can also carry that forward to be used in a future tax filing. Here’s a good post from savvynewcanadians […]