So Much For the Consensus View
The Canadian stock market officially crossed into bear market territory this week, falling to more than 20% below its...
Articles By Dan Bortolotti:
When Should You Use an Advisor?
Dan Solin’s excellent new book, The Smartest Portfolio You’ll Ever Own (see my review here) devotes several chapters to whether...
Review: The Smartest Portfolio You’ll Ever Own
There comes a time in every Couch Potato’s life when he or she has to answer a nagging question:...
Ask the Spud: RBC’s Target Maturity ETFs
Q: I just read about the launch of RBC’s family of target-maturity corporate bond ETFs. They seem like they would...
Balancing Your Dividend Holdings
One problem with the two leading Canadian dividend ETFs is that they are not very well diversified across sectors....
Claymore’s New Dividend Grower
This week saw the launch of the Claymore S&P US Dividend Growers (CUD), an ETF that will have great...
Commission-Free ETFs Arrive in Canada
It seems like every week we hear high-profile announcements about new ETFs, very few of which promise anything genuinely...
The strange tale of the Permanent Portfolio
The Permanent Portfolio is equal parts stocks, bonds, gold and cash. Sounds risky, but its returns are strangely smooth.
The Permanent Portfolio v. the Couch Potato
Let’s end the week with one final post about the Permanent Portfolio. Many readers expressed interest in this strategy,...