An Overview of Commission-Free ETFs
Three discount brokerages in Canada now offer a menu of commission-free ETFs. Scotia iTrade pioneered this feature in Canada...
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What Are Normal Stock Market Returns?
How often in the last few years have investors said they’re staying out of the equity markets because of...
Can You Have Too Much Diversification?
Is it possible for a portfolio to be too diversified? There are certainly a lot of articles making that...
Vanguard Canada Gets a Six-Month Checkup
It’s now been a year since Vanguard set up shop in Canada, and just over six months since their...
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A Homemade Principal-Protected Note
Given the widespread fear among investors today, it’s not surprising that financial institutions offer a staggering number of structured...
Why Plans Should Come Before Products
When I wrote the MoneySense Guide to the Perfect Portfolio last year (now sold out: new edition coming soon),...
Carl Richards on Performance Chasing
A couple of posts ago, I asked why everyone isn’t beating the market when there are a dozen or...
Inside the DFA Global Balanced Fund
Long-time readers will know that I’ve written before about Dimensional Fund Advisors, an innovative investment firm that builds low-cost,...
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Why Isn’t Everyone Beating the Market?
Sometimes I wonder why everyone isn’t getting better returns than a simple Couch Potato portfolio. Spend a little time...