As we know, the Canadian stock market has been quite the laggard over the last 5 and 10 years, but it’s starting to show signs of life. The Canadian markets reached an all-time high on Thursday and then added on slightly on Friday. The market has been on an impressive upswing for the last 3 […]
Justwealth hits the spot with customer satisfaction.
At the ballpark, I recently ran into James Gauthier, the partner and Chief Investment Officer at Canadian Robo Advisor Justwealth. I did not literally run into James on the ball diamond, we were both in attendance to watch our boys compete in the 18u Provincial Championships. But of course, I soon turned the conversation to […]
Weekend Reads. Stay the course edition.
Apparently the markets were quite volatile this week, and the headlines were screaming out those warnings to investors. I wasn’t really paying much attention to the markets but I did hear from a couple of readers and certainly a few headlines and Twitter posts offered that the markets were throwing another hissy fit. Headlines and […]
Real advisors will not be intimidated by those wonderful Questrade commercials.
You’ve likely seen those Questrade TV commercials. They shine a light on the high fees that Canadians pay for their investments . The campaign shows several break up scenarios where investors are saying goodbye to their advisor and the accompanying high fees. It was nice to see this article and headline in the Globe and […]
The TFSA is not working on Weekend Reads.
While the TFSA accounts are very popular that does not mean that they are being embraced or used to the fullest. This week Rob Carrick of the Globe and Mail penned TFSA’s have been a disappointment in getting Canadians to save more. Rob references a recent study published in the Canadian Tax Journal that looked […]
Adding Canadian and International REIT ETFs to your portfolio.
You’ll notice that in the ETF Model Portfolio page on Cut The Crap Investing I first offer up the core portfolios with the traditional building blocks of Canadian, US and International stocks supported by a broad basket of Canadian bonds. That’s a core approach embraced by many self-directed investors. You’ll even see that simple asset […]