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Reader Question on Bond Allocation
A reader recently sent in this question on asset allocation: I'm an investing newbie. Last year, I started investing in...
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Investing Insights From the Canada Pension Plan
You or I may never manage a portfolio as massive as the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board's (CPPIB) 188 billion...
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Why ETF Distributions Fluctuate
Investors often wonder why Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) distributions fluctuate even when the securities held by the fund and the distributions...
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Do you have TFSA Bragging Rights?
MoneySense magazine will be running a story on Canadians who have managed to grow their Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) contributions...
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Sleepy Mini Portfolio Q3-2013 Update
How time flies! It is exactly six years, since the Sleepy Mini Portfolio was launched to demonstrate how a super...
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Estimating the cost of not having a US Dollar RRSP account
If you hold a self-directed Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) account at a broker like TD Direct Investing or Scotia...
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This and That: Zweig column, Kahneman interview and more…
Saving Investors from themselves In an excellent column in The Wall Street Journal Jason Zweig says that though the market...
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Sleepy Mini Portfolio Q2-2013 Update
Since my previous update, the Sleepy Mini Portfolio has gained 5.95 percent. The Sleepy Mini Portfolio was launched in August...
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Making a low cost portfolio even cheaper
The Sleepy Portfolio was designed to be an ultra low-cost portfolio and the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) used in the portfolio...
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Sleepy Portfolio 2Q-2013 Update
Background I started the Sleepy Portfolio in 2005 to benchmark my personal portfolio, which at that time was mostly invested...
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