Why Rebalance Your Portfolio?
An important part of the indexing strategy is that you occasionally rebalance your portfolio back to its target asset allocation. I get a lot of questions about rebalancing, so I felt it was time to p [...]
An important part of the indexing strategy is that you occasionally rebalance your portfolio back to its target asset allocation. I get a lot of questions about rebalancing, so I felt it was time to p [...]
This post is the third in a series exploring the myths and misunderstandings about dividend investing. The goal of the series is to argue that many investors following a dividend-focused strategy may [...]
Asset allocation is more art than science. There are no immutable laws to tell you what proportion of stocks and bonds should be in your portfolio. The best you can do is adopt rules of thumb. “Make y [...]
Tom Bradley of Steadyhand Investment Funds wrote an insightful blog post yesterday about a television commercial for ING Direct’s Streetwise Funds. The woman in the ad dismisses active management as “ [...]
I have long argued that savings accounts and GICs are still the best vehicles for short-term savings, because higher yield comes with higher risk. I thought that was an obvious point, but it seems tha [...]
I recently had a chance to interview Ken Kivenko, who runs Canadian Fund Watch and is allied with the Small Investor Protection Association. Ken is a tireless advocate for investors who have been ripp [...]