Review: Abnormal Returns
Tadas Viskanta's blog, Abnormal Returns, has gained a large and prestigious following during its seven-plus years. His new book of the same name also deserves a wide readership. Abnormal Returns (McGr [...]
Why RESPs Should Be Kept Simple
In the last couple of weeks I’ve received two questions from readers who were trying to figure out the right strategy for their children’s education savings accounts. Both were smart questions that st [...]
Barry Gordon on Building an Index: Part 2
In Monday’s post I shared part one of my interview with Barry Gordon, CEO of First Asset, who explained how his firm worked with Morningstar to create new ETF indexes. In part two the interview, Gordo [...]
Barry Gordon on Building an Index
Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, all ETFs tracked well-known third-party indexes like the S&P 500. But it wasn’t long before all of the major benchmarks were spoken for and ETF providers bega [...]
ETF Fees Keep Falling
When Vanguard arrived in Canada last year, a number of my readers suggested the competition would prompt other ETF providers to lower their management fees. I was skeptical: after all, competition in [...]
Ask the Spud: Should I Unbundle My ETF?
Q: What do you think of investing directly in Canadian REITs instead of buying an ETF? It may be possible to achieve similar results without paying the ETF’s management fee. – Philippe V. ETFs promise [...]
Vanguard ETFs Get New Indexes
Vanguard has announced it is changing the benchmark indexes on four of its Canadian and 22 of its US ETFs, including some of its most popular funds. Over the next several months, Vanguard will be step [...]
Another 5 Underrated Index Funds
Last week I presented a list of five Canadian ETFs I feel are underused compared with their billion-dollar competitors. Here’s are three more ETFs and a couple of index mutual funds I’d put in the sam [...]
