Using GICs in a fixed income portfolio
GICs get little respect, but these humble investments can play a useful role in a balanced portfolio [MoneySense]
GICs get little respect, but these humble investments can play a useful role in a balanced portfolio [MoneySense]
There’s a common theme in all three segments of Episode 19 of the podcast: the risk-return trade-off between stocks and bonds. This is hardly an original idea, but it remains one of the most important [...]
Should this fixed income investor change his bond allocation? [MoneySense]
In my previous post, I explained the flaw in the conventional advice about shifting to short-term bonds if you expect interest rates to rise. While it’s true that bond prices fall when yields go up (t [...]
GIC commissions are so well hidden that few investors even know they exist. [MoneySense]
GICs have a place in almost any balanced portfolio, where they can be a complement to bonds. [Globe and Mail]