It’s that time once again to check in on the ETF portfolios on Cut The Crap Investing. These simple but more than effective portfolios allow investors to buy the stock markets of the developed world with just a few clicks, while the stock market risk is managed by the Canadian bond market. It’s a very […]
The superiority of Canadian “Robo Advisors” over Canadian mutual funds.
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 […]
Building wealth is super easy. The super-simple portfolio.
Building wealth should be and can be one of the most rewarding experiences in life. It can be a very simple process as well. We can buy and own the stock markets of the world with the press of one button. That investment would offer fees in the area of 0.20% to 0.25%. You can […]
The Tangerine core portfolios vs the ‘real’ Robo Advisors.
I recently offered a post that included the return comparisons for the Canadian Robo Advisors. Today we’ll take a look at how Canada’s first Robo Advisor, from Tangerine, would hold up against those ETF-focused Robo cousins. Tangerine does not often make the Robo lists, likely because they first offered index-based mutual funds instead of ETF […]
Justwealth is the top-performing Canadian Robo Advisor.
The Canadian Robo Advisors came on the scene just over 5 years ago. A few of the Robo Advisors will offer that they were Canada’s first Robo Advisor. Typically Wealthsimple and Nest Wealth will argue for that crown. We can now compare the 5-year performance for a handful of the Robo’s. Five years is meaningful […]
Building the simple stock portfolio.
The shift to self-directed investing is a tidal wave. The pandemic accelerated many trends that were already well under way. In the stay at home and work from home reality of 2020, more Canadians moved their investments online. And so many more Canadians took control of those investments. The rate of new account sign ups […]