Build Your Own Pension-Fund Portfolio
It’s always interesting to know what the smart money is doing. And I’m not talking about the investment managers who appear on BNN to “talk their book” — like the guy who runs the precious metals fund [...]
International Tracking Error: Part 3
In this final post in the series on why international index funds performed so poorly in 2009, it’s time to look at currency hedging. Currency hedging is a strategy designed to smooth out the fluctuat [...]
Adding Gold to Your Portfolio
Unless you’ve been in a coma, you know that gold has been the hottest commodity of the last decade, quadrupling in value since 2000. That’s in US dollars, but even measured in loonies gold is up more [...]
