How to spot a shady sales pitch.
Stock Market Predictions
Hundreds of high profile economists and forecasters regularly predict the direction of stock markets. It is incredible how often they are wrong.
How Index Funds Compare To Equity Mutual Funds
The analysis shows once again that low fees equal better returns.
Misery loves company. Canada has competition in the land of mutual fund fees.
Canada is still one of the worst with respect to mutual fund fees,
Canadian Financial Advice: Good Intentions, Bad Results
The country’s financial advisors ate what they cooked. When they placed their clients into expensive funds, claiming that the results would justify the extra cost, they sold their own beliefs
Many investors receive little advice for fees, Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) survey finds.
A recently released study by the OSC has concluded that many investors receive very little advice for the fees that they pay to investment advisors
Conquer the fear of Self Directed Investing & save up to 45% on Mutual Fund Fees
Many Canadian Mutual Funds have a "series" of exactly the same funds for sale through discount online brokers, and at fees (Management Expense Ratio or MER) about a full 1 per cent lower than what they charge when the same fund is bought through banks or commissioned brokers or advisers.
89% of Managed Mutual Funds are ripping off investors
Over a ten year period, 89% underperformed their comparative index.
Three Strategies to improve after tax investment returns
Three simple strategies can have an enormous impact on your investment returns. I call them FTD - Fees, Taxes and Diversification.