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Caribbean islands begin preparations for Hurricane Irma - CTV News Sep 3rd
CTV NewsCaribbean islands begin preparations for Hurricane IrmaCTV NewsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Islands at the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea made preparations Sunday for approaching Hurricane Irma, a Category 3 storm that could threaten the area beginning Tuesday. Hurricane watches were posted fo.... More »
Leaked NAFTA Draft Order Says Canada 'Exploits' American Industries - Huffington Post Canada Apr 29th
Huffington Post CanadaLeaked NAFTA Draft Order Says Canada 'Exploits' American IndustriesHuffington Post CanadaWASHINGTON — A published report says President Donald Trump planned to give Canada and Mexico five days notice that the U.S. intended to leave the North American Free Trade Agre.... More »
Are foreign homebuyers really driving up the cost of real estate in Canada? + MORE Aug 14th
While some in the real estate industry welcomed the Conservatives' pledge this week to collect more data on foreign ownership in the housing market, many are skeptical that such information will do anything to solve the problem of access and affordability in overheated real estate ma.... More »
‘It’s a big investment’: Ottawa announces major investment in Atlantic Canada’s aerospace sector - BNN Bloomberg May 13th
‘It’s a big investment’: Ottawa announces major investment in Atlantic Canada’s aerospace sector BNN BloombergSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News.... More »
60 days - 1.75% + MORE Mar 16th
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-12-19. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online..... More »
An antidote for the falling loonie: Pape
– thestar.com
Both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average have hit new records several times this year but there’s probably still more upside. You might want to take a look at American dividend-paying stocks as an investment.Are there really no ‘pure’ index investors?
– moneysense.ca
A Reuters article I tweeted this week bears the intriguing title (and assertion) that “There are no pure index investors.”
The key passage is this one:
The big lie about being an index investor, however, is that it is possible to be one in a pure sense, as opposed to an investor who uses indexing as a tool. There are no pure indexers: everyone, like it or not, is an asset allocator, or asset picker if you prefer.
As I noted here last week in Core & Expore Redux, I certainly agree there are very few “pure” indexing investors, whether they use index mutual funds or ETFs (exchange-traded funds). Even if average retail investors “get” the idea of low-cost passive asset-class investing, most of them still tend to mix it up with both indexing and individual securities. This is a strategy called “Core and Explore.” Preet Banerjee wrote an excellent story on this last year in MoneySense magazine.
There are pure indexing purists and pundits
However, as I also said at the Motley Fool—Is it Possible to Successfully Blend Stock-Picking and Indexing?—I think there are many indexing “purists” among some financial advisers who “get it…
The key passage is this one:
The big lie about being an index investor, however, is that it is possible to be one in a pure sense, as opposed to an investor who uses indexing as a tool. There are no pure indexers: everyone, like it or not, is an asset allocator, or asset picker if you prefer.
As I noted here last week in Core & Expore Redux, I certainly agree there are very few “pure” indexing investors, whether they use index mutual funds or ETFs (exchange-traded funds). Even if average retail investors “get” the idea of low-cost passive asset-class investing, most of them still tend to mix it up with both indexing and individual securities. This is a strategy called “Core and Explore.” Preet Banerjee wrote an excellent story on this last year in MoneySense magazine.
There are pure indexing purists and pundits
However, as I also said at the Motley Fool—Is it Possible to Successfully Blend Stock-Picking and Indexing?—I think there are many indexing “purists” among some financial advisers who “get it…
3.5 year – 2.20%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-10-20. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Urban Compass hires record-setting Manhattan broker in expansion
– theglobeandmail.com
Kyle Blackmon brokered the $88-million sale of former Citigroup Inc. chairman Sandy Weill’s penthouse at 15 Central Park West
The latest decision by Royal Bank to exit its international business in the Caribbean is another sign that Canadian banks are cutting their losses in the region and cleaning house, an analyst said Friday after RBC confirmed its making changes at its wealth management division.
