Archive for the ‘Investment Performance and Reporting’ Category

How HighView Measures Investment Performance for Transparency and Consistency

By Greg Rodger on October 23rd, 2024

It may come as a surprise to many that there are different ways to calculate investment returns and that it is possible to see a negative investment return for your portfolio when the underlying investments have actually generated positive returns....

The Signs of when to Leave Your Money Manager

By Dan Hallett on May 22nd, 2024

Over the past two decades, investors have had seemingly little patience for an underperforming investment or money manager. Investors tend to dump the laggard for “something that’s doing better”. But an understanding of market...

Here’s How We Invested A Bundle In A Tiny ETF – And Did It Efficiently

By Dan Hallett on April 3rd, 2024

Many investors and advisors are reluctant to buy an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) with a relatively small asset base or low trading volume. This results from the fear of inputting a trade so large that it causes an unfavourable move in the market price...

Three Reasons I’ve Never Recommended A GIC – And I’m Not Starting Now

By Dan Hallett on March 5th, 2024

In the mid-1990s, interest rates offered on guaranteed investment certificates (GICs) ranged from 6% to 8% per year for five-year terms. Those rates – generous by today’s standards – were a far cry from the double-digit rates available just a...

Generating Sustainable Wealth through Portfolio Monitoring

By Adam Laird on November 30th, 2023

Regardless of how you acquired your wealth, there’s one thing all investors have in common—a desire to make sure their wealth will be sustainable and able to meet their needs over time. But what if your needs change? What if the initial...

Measurement of Investment Performance for Transparency and Consistency

By Greg Rodger on October 25th, 2023

It may come as a surprise to many that there are different ways to calculate investment returns and that it is possible to see a negative investment return for your portfolio when the underlying investments have actually generated positive returns....

Goals-based Investing: A Client-First Approach

By Loren Francis on September 13th, 2023

We are wealth architects whose sole purpose is to provide our clients with peace of mind by making their wealth sustainable. Goals-based investing is at the core of our investment philosophy, but historically this has not been the case for the...

Sustainable Wealth and the Importance of Portfolio Monitoring

By Adam Laird on August 9th, 2023

Regardless of how you acquired your wealth, there’s one thing all investors have in common—a desire to make sure their wealth will be sustainable and able to meet their needs over time. But what if your needs change? What if the initial...

HighView’s Measuring of Investment Performance for Transparency and Regularity

By Greg Rodger on May 10th, 2023

It may come as a surprise to many that there are different ways to calculate investment returns and that it is possible to see a negative investment return for your portfolio when the underlying investments have actually generated positive returns....

A Deeper Dive: Investment Policy Statements for Families

By Greg Rodger on January 4th, 2023

A prospective client met with me as he wanted to change his Investment Advisor. When I asked about the reason(s) why, he simply stated “performance“.  When I then asked if his Investment Advisor had not measured-up against his...

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