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 […]
Sturdy Canadian dividend stocks on Weekend Reads.
Sturdy. I like that word. The Cambridge dictionary describes sturdy as – physically strong and solid or thick, and therefore unlikely to break or be hurt. That’s what I look for in the manner that I run our stock portfolios. I don’t like to be hurt. I will look for better risk adjusted returns by […]
Too much success with Apple stock, on Weekend Reads.
Unfortunately I am not talking about my own Apple stock holding. I’ve done very well with Apple, initiating a position in 2014, and adding a few times soon after. I then trimmed a few times creating homemade Apple dividends to help fund trips to PEI, starting in 2018. But my Apple holding pales in comparison […]
The stock markets predicted the US election, on Weekend Reads.
What else could we write about? The news and stock market news and social media was just swamped with election fever and fervour. Yes the elections in the US stole the spotlight. There was not much light left for any other topic. And election predictions were everywhere. The predictions mostly got it right as they […]
Building the Canadian stock portfolio on Weekend Reads.
In my opinion the Canadian stock market and the Canadian economy present a unique opportunity. We can build the Canadian stock portfolio by focusing on a few key sectors. Canada is home to many wide moat or oligopoly sectors that includes the Canadian banks, telcos, railways, grocers, pipelines and utilities. For Million Dollar Journey, here’s […]
Looking to the Canadian energy sector for Canadian investors.
The Canadian energy sector has been beaten up. Foreign investors have given up and so have many Canadian investors. Where there is incredible pessimism there can be incredible rewards. But there is certainly no guarantee that the pessimism for the Canadian energy patch is not deserved. That said, it is also certainly possible that the […]