An investor has a choice, or make that many choices on where to put their money. The most common destinations can be stocks, bonds, real estate, cash and commodities and other real assets. But mostly, investors make a call between investing in stocks vs bonds. If you could buy a bond that pays you 15% […]
More mutual fund crap on Weekend Reads.
OK, there’s good news and bad news on the Canadian mutual fund watch. The good news is that Ontario has joined the rest of the Provinces to ban DSC or deferred service charges. A DSC fund will charge you a hefty fee of up to 7% if you want to sell your fund within a […]
Pumped up earnings and tax threats, on Weekend Reads.
It’s early in the US earnings season, and it’s likely tis the season for earnings beats and upward revisions. From my MoneySense weekly, “With less than 10% of the S&P 500 having reported, results are strong and have boosted the blended consensus for first quarter year-over-year earnings growth to nearly 31% from 25%.” That’s more […]
Growth will be scarce in the future. We will want to own what is scarce.
Value can often be determined by how much an entity is desired, and by how much of that entity is available. When the demand outpaces the supply, the price goes up, of course. It is simple economics. I touched on that scarcity cred in a recent MoneySense post. Today we’ll look at a different spin […]
Drug makers say that COVID-19 vaccines are still 3-4 years away. Stock markets continue to fall.
This would be the headline today if the ‘normal’ path of vaccine development had played out. While I am guessing on the response from investors and stock markets, I think it’s a good guess that stock markets would offer significant corrections if we knew that we would be in the grip of the first modern […]
A look at iShares High Dividend ETF, XEI. Built for the Great Recovery.
Spring is in the air (in some parts of Canada, and certainly in much of the US). Vaccines are going into arms. More lockdowns are being lifted. Jobs are being created well beyond expectations. Economic growth is ready to flourish. Planes are ready to take off. Hotels and resorts can’t wait to welcome you, almost […]