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…
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…
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…
Retirees are leaving money on the table
You’ve worked hard for your money. You’ve accumulated wealth by being responsible with your spending and saving decisions. Why? So that you can use that money to enjoy a long,…
How to think about bear markets
I heard someone smarter than me say on a podcast recently, "We don't react to the events in our lives. We react to our interpretation of those events." He was…
Why I am not a Bitcoin investor
I have been slow to get on the Bitcoin train. OK, actually I've kept a safe distance and watched that shiny Bitcoin engine gain speed and momentum, hurtling through space,…
BTSX 2022 mid-year update: a light in the dark
Confidence is one of biggest challenges in investing. Too little and you're paralyzed, impressionable, and ineffective. Too much leads to poor judgment, risky tactics, and devastating outcomes. The worst part…
