How to use BTSX in real life
Having just posted our annual Beating the TSX update, I'm receiving lots of good questions about how to put the Beating the TSX method into action. I hope this updated…
Beating the TSX annual update 2021/2022
Welcome to the long-awaited Beating the TSX annual update!North American investors have been shaking their heads and shrugging their shoulders at the stock markets during this pandemic - usually accompanied…
Canadian dividend investors got a raise in 2021 (+ a history of BTSX dividend hikes and cuts)
Happy New Year, dividend investors! I’m looking forward to crunching the numbers for our complete 2021 BTSX update over the next few days. In the meantime, if you’ve been paying…
One more year syndrome
John had been working for several decades. He made a decent income, spent with restraint, and saved consistently. Based on his financial plan, he knew how much money he needed…
I took a 90% pay cut and I couldn’t be happier
This past weekend, my wife and I did something we've never done before - we were vendors at a craft show here in Picton, Ontario. For years we'd dreamed of…
I went undercover: the truth about “free” financial seminars
I’m not one to pick a fight, but when good people are being taken advantage of, I’m also not one to sit around and let it happen. I had an…
Mutual funds are a tax on uninformed investors
My dad got into investing when I was a teenager in the 1990's. We weren't rich, but my parents were good savers and my dad was putting those savings into…
The same blog . . . only better
I started DividendStrategy.ca almost three years ago with the first ever online Beating the TSX update. What was the motivation to start a blog? When I was asked to start…
It’s up to us to teach our kids about money: the 5 pillars of money mastery
Last week I wrote a post outlining the reasons why educating children about money in school is a failed concept. Like shoveling the driveway with a spoon in a…
Dear school: please don’t teach my kids about money
When I was a high school student, I learned all about the human body's circulatory system: the four chambers of the heart, cardiac output, arteries, veins, capillaries, blood pressure, vasoconstriction,…
