The Dividend Aristocrats may form the bedrock of dividend growth investing in the US. Many investors trust the divining rod of a meaningful dividend growth history. It takes an incredibly successful company to make its way into the venerable S&P 500 index. For a company to then be able to increase its dividend every year […]
How to place buy and sell orders for your ETFs.
This week I helped a friend invest their entire RRSP portfolio at Questrade. It was a significant sum given that he had been adding to this portfolio for decades. He is now comfortably invested in VBAL, that one ticket portfolio from Vanguard. He had been paying some very high mutual fund fees and was receiving […]
BMO InvestorLine adviceDirect. Co-pilot for the Self-Directed Investor.
As I had outlined in my review of BMO SmartFolio BMO Wealth offers a full suite of online offerings. Auto Pilot – SmartFolio Co Pilot – BMO InvestorLine adviceDirect Fly Solo – BMO InvestorLine Self-Directed Today we’ll look at BMO InvestorLine adviceDirect the Co Pilot option that is designed for self-directed investors who want some […]
Should you invest in pot stocks? How do you invest in the cannabis sector?
It’s the industry that’s taken the investment world by storm. And Canadians are leading the way thanks to the legalization of marijuana for personal use. You can essentially become a seller/dealer of Mary Jane in legal fashion. Oh how times have changed. Many Canadian investors have already made a lot of money off of this […]
Investment lessons from the world’s greatest investor – Warren Buffett.
Every year thousands of shareholders flock to the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting to get an update on company progress, and to hear The Oracle Of Omaha offer his folksy words of wisdom. As you may know Berkshire Hathaway is the company operated by Warren Buffett and his team. Mr. Buffett is one of the richest […]
Investing in the all stock ETF Model Portfolio. Take on the risk, if you can.
On the Cut The Crap Investing ETF Model Portfolio page you’ll find 3 Balanced Portfolios. Next in line is the All Stock Portfolio. This is the ‘plain vanilla’ couch potato approach of using broad market indices. In this portfolio the stocks are flying solo without the support of those bonds that can work as shock […]