If It Sounds Too Good To Be True….It Probably Is!

Investing in high quality companies already carries an element of risk. Why anyone would gravitate to higher risk investments is beyond me as many of these higher risk investments end in heartbreak. Be careful out there!   I don’t mean to sound like a broken record but here is another article devoted to warning you [...]

By |December 15th, 2018|General Investing|Comments Off on If It Sounds Too Good To Be True….It Probably Is!

High-Yield Corporate Bond ETFs – Understand the Risks

Some investors have gravitated toward High-yield corporate bond ETFs in an effort to generate additional income. There is nothing wrong with investing a component of your portfolio in such an investment on the condition you are fully aware of the risk exposure you are taking on and can withstand a permanent impairment to your capital [...]

By |May 7th, 2018|General Investing|Comments Off on High-Yield Corporate Bond ETFs – Understand the Risks

The Future for My Top 10 Holdings

In a recent interview with Nick McCullum from Sure Dividend I share my opinion on the future for my Top 10 holdings. Visa The Bank of Nova Scotia 3M The Royal Bank of Canada Church & Dwight Johnson & Johnson Chevron Walmart Canadian National Railway The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Becton Dickinson Have a [...]

By |April 18th, 2018|General Investing|Comments Off on The Future for My Top 10 Holdings

How to Handle Heightened Volatility

North American equity markets are certainly experiencing some interesting times of late. Volatility has picked up and we are now experiencing triple digit intra-day swings in the S&P 500. Many investors who started investing subsequent to the Financial Crisis have never experienced this level of volatility. If you started investing subsequent to 2009, market conditions [...]

By |April 4th, 2018|General Investing|Comments Off on How to Handle Heightened Volatility

Over CDN$5800 in Additional Annual Dividend Income

  Market Volatility has certainly picked up recently. Look at the iPath S&P 500 VIX ST Futures ETN (VXX). Set the interval as weekly and look at different date ranges starting from the maximum date range and work your way down to the last 3 months. Note the spike commencing early February. The VXX is [...]

By |March 27th, 2018|General Investing|Comments Off on Over CDN$5800 in Additional Annual Dividend Income

Invest With a Long-Term Outlook

In previous articles I have shared my opinion on Stock Picking Rules to Follow and The Basics of Investing. I have also shared with readers in a guest post why I think Chasing Yield is Fraught with Risk. In this post I share my reasons for choosing to have a long-term outlook when it comes [...]

By |March 25th, 2018|General Investing|Comments Off on Invest With a Long-Term Outlook

How I Reached Financial Freedom Podcast

In a recent interview with Nick McCullum from Sure Dividend I share the investing and personal finance strategies I used to retire in my mid-50s from a career in Canadian banking. Subject matter in this podcast includes: how I got my start in the world of equity investing; thoughts on mutual funds, ETFs, and other [...]

By |February 22nd, 2018|General Investing|Comments Off on How I Reached Financial Freedom Podcast

How Many Stocks Should You Hold in Your Portfolio?

You can either use the 'Rifle' or the 'Shotgun' approach to investing in equities. Personally, I prefer the 'Rifle' approach where I focus on investing in a limited number of high quality companies. Continue Reading....  

By |February 8th, 2018|General Investing|Comments Off on How Many Stocks Should You Hold in Your Portfolio?

Should You Invest When the Market Appears to be Overvalued?

In this post I put forth my reasons why investors should tune out the noise and continue to invest despite current market conditions. This does not mean I advocate investing in anything and everything and at any price. That would just not be prudent! What I suggest is that investors do their homework, remain disciplined, [...]

By |December 24th, 2017|General Investing|Comments Off on Should You Invest When the Market Appears to be Overvalued?
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