Enhance income, leave a legacy.
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.
Over a ten year period, 89% underperformed their comparative index.
Three simple strategies can have an enormous impact on your investment returns. I call them FTD - Fees, Taxes and Diversification.
Most financial professionals in Canada are licensed as salespeople with no fiduciary duty to clients. Most bank "Advisors" (not the same as Financial Advisers believe it or not) are basically salespeople with little training who are rewarded for selling over priced bank mutual funds.
