In the last few days, North American indices shed gains as fears of the new disease, the coronavirus, reached investors and the stock market. China authorities have decided to suspend trading on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges which could […]
This week we’re marrying two popular stories–Battle of the Stocks and ETFs—into one. Canadian ETFs to invest the world We’re pitting pairs of ETFs that cover Canada, the U.S. and the rest of the world (including emerging markets) against each […]
Who are ETFs for? Are you a passive investor who doesn’t have time to study individual stocks, but wants to invest in the markets? Then, buy some ETFs. If you don’t know them, ETFs are exchange-traded funds, which you can […]
The Beatles or the Stones? London or Paris? Steak or salmon? Often, an investor wants to play a particular space, whether it’s banking or utilities, but can’t decide between two similar stocks. Which is better? Here, we face-off common pairs […]
The domestic bias Chances are as a Canadian investor, most—perhaps all—of your portfolio is Canadian, whether it’s stocks, ETFs, mutual funds and/or bonds. This “domestic bias” is driven by the fact that an investor understands his/her economy the best. What’s […]
This post was first written in July 2018 and was refreshed with updated data in March 2019. Emerging Market ETFs rebound coming? With all the tariffs noise and a stronger US dollar, now might be a good time to buy […]