Why now is a good time to invest
What a month. Humanity is living through the worst pandemic in a century. Canada's oil and gas sector is on the ropes. And our investments have taken a beating. Is…
Why is the stock market crashing?
Two days ago the stock market officially entered bear market territory, coming down 20% from its high just a few weeks ago. Yesterday the TSX dropped another 12% - the…
Coping with a market correction
As I write these words, the TSX Composite is down 11.2% in the last week - officially a market correction. News headlines are screaming that it's the fastest sell-off in…
BPY.UN: does Brookfield Property Partners belong in your portfolio?
I am no stock analyst, I just play one on this blog (from time to time). With a recent shake-up of the TSX 60 index, Encana (ECA) is out and…
How did BTSX perform in 2019?
How did your investments perform in 2019? Some will be surprised that it was such a good year. The S&P/TSX Composite Index returned about 22% including dividends. The bad news…
What is SPIVA?
If there is one thing every investor should know about before considering the purchase of an actively managed mutual fund, it is this: the SPIVA report. SPIVA stands for "S&P…
What is confirmation bias?
Building on last month's post which addressed how we might tackle investing in a potentially "over-valued" market, I thought I would explore one of the most common cognitive biases that…
Is it a good time to invest in the stock market?
There is one investing question that comes up more than any other: Is now a good time to be putting money into the stock market? The stock market has been…
How to become a DIY investor: is there a better way?
Managing our own investments does not have to be complicated. Most of the time a simple strategy will outperform a more complicated one. But I haven't met a single DIY…
How Dividend-paying Stocks Behave During A Market Crash – by David Stanley
To accompany our monthly BTSX portfolio update, we have another post by the father of Beating the TSX, David Stanley. Personally, I am in the middle of moving, so I…