With the 2000s’ ballooning list of indexing products I was compelled to give indexing hopefuls a dose of straight talk nearly five years ago. My message then: To fully capture indexing’s long-term benefits investors should simply focus on...
Most financial advisors focus solely on investment management and estate planning—growing and preparing the assets for the (eventual) transfer to the next generation. At Edmonds Business Family Advisory Services, we go one step further. We...
Many years ago an investor’s default investment strategy – in the absence of an advisor’s involvement – was to invest in GICs or Canada Savings Bonds. Today, the more affluent investor’s default strategy is –...
Fifteen years ago, writer and broadcaster Alison Griffiths asked University of Toronto professor Eric Kirzner to create what was named the ‘Easy Chair Portfolio’. The goal was to create a simple portfolio structure that provided...
The National Post’s Jonathan Chevreau recently asked me and a few other financial professionals how we plan to invest this year’s tax-free savings account contribution. The way my reply was framed may have given a somewhat different...