Posts Tagged ‘active management’

Smart Beta needs to come out of the closet

By Dan Hallett on February 9th, 2014

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...

Beyond the money: Is your family as well prepared as your estate?

By Guest Contributors on February 6th, 2014

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...

The active passive investor

By Dan Hallett on May 9th, 2013

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 –...

A simple but successful actively managed portfolio

By Dan Hallett on September 17th, 2012

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...

Active or passive? Process, not politics, should drive choice of strategy

By Dan Hallett on January 24th, 2012

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...

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