Posts Tagged ‘investor behaviour’

50 may be the new 40 but ETFs are the new Mutual Funds

By Dan Hallett on September 25th, 2012

For years I’ve been hearing from individual investors and financial advisors who are disappointed with their meagre long-term performance.  This jibes with calculations I completed four years ago, which showed that Canadian mutual fund...

The ironic comfort of balanced funds

By Dan Hallett on August 30th, 2010

In this weekend’s Report on Business, Rob Carrick nicely captured my mixed feelings about balanced funds.  As I noted in a recent Wealth Steward post, it’s critical to keep an eye on fees when choosing your bond exposure.  Yet, the...

Where to invest? Look at what makes you squirm.

By Dan Hallett on August 26th, 2010

Yesterday’s Globe & Mail featured an article by U.S. equity manager Larry Sarbit making the case to invest in U.S. stocks now.  He cited his 70% invested position (compared to 10% – 20% a few years ago) to illustrate his...

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