Bank Runs and Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
“Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with the 130 IQ. Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament…
“Retirement Income For Life” by Frederick Vettese : Book Review and Summary
I read a lot and I write a lot but, weirdly, I’ve never written about a book that I’ve read. So, today I thought I’d try something new and tell…
Retirement Buckets: Grow your wealth and safeguard your income
I’ve heard that I should “own my age” in bonds but I’m worried that I’ll run out of money in retirement with such a conservative portfolio. Is there another way?…
10 Tips for your BTSX Portfolio
I recently posted the 2022/2023 Beating the TSX update. The updates never fail to generate a flurry of interest in the method, particularly when the results are good, as…
Beating the TSX Annual Update 2022/2023
This article will be appearing in the February 2023 edition of Canadian Moneysaver MagazineSo long, 2022. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Many investors feel burned by…
Year-end financial check-up
Almost everything we value in life requires some kind of maintenance. A house will need a new roof every decade or two. Our cars need oil changes and brake jobs. …
Uncalculated risks
There are no solutions, only trade-offs.Thomas SowellYou can only calculate risk in hindsight. You can't calculate actual risk going forward because you don't have the data yet. Things change. The…
The “Perpetual Portfolio”: A potential solution for aging DIY investors
Being a self-directed investor has enormous advantages: more control, less complexity, and often higher net returns, to name a few. But there are also risks and one of the big…
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The AQN Problem
It's been a long time since I've written about a specific stock. Truth is, I'm not that interested in individual stock analysis because I just don't see the upside. Even…
Positioning
Organisms can position themselves in one of two ways from an evolutionary perspective: specialize or generalize. Specialist species are adapted to a narrow range of conditions. They are specialized for…