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 history. The talking heads on BNN are turning shades of […]
Beating the TSX
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 Brookfield Property Partners L.P. (BPY.UN) is in. BPY sports an […]
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 for mutual fund investors is that, as usual, the vast […]
Isn’t it great to be an individual investor? (by David Stanley)
Two days ago the S&P 500 dropped 800 points – almost 3% (the S&P/TSX Composite Index was “only” down about 2%). The next morning, I found an email in my inbox from David Stanley with this article attached. If anyone […]
TSX 60 stocks by dividend yield
In case the BTSX list of ten stocks is not enough for you, here’s the whole shebang – the entire TSX 60 index listed by dividend yield. Please note: This data is pulled from Google Finance and may be delayed by […]
Beating the TSX 2019: Is it for you?
This article was published in the March 2019 edition of the Canadian Moneysaver magazine If there is one thing the stock market can be counted on to do, it’s this: it will test you. Bull markets are easy. Bear markets […]
Current BTSX portfolio
The annual Beating the TSX article – the method, historical performance and updated portfolio.
Why does BTSX work?
Why is the BTSX strategy so powerful? Large stable companies The TSX 60 is an index composed of the largest companies in Canada Many (most?) of the companies that end up on the BTSX have what Warren Buffet would call […]
BTSX results
A 30-year track record As of the end of 2018, the 30 year average rate of return using the “Beating the TSX” method was 12.33%. To put this in context, the benchmark index rate of return was 9.40% over the […]
Stock selection method
Most retail investors – people like you and me – pay fees to financial planners who invest their money in expensive actively managed mutual funds that ultimately underperform the market. The ideal investing strategy is exactly the opposite: simple, low-cost, […]