Sometimes the simplest information is the hardest to find. Investors used to have to wait until the annual Beating the TSX update in The Canadian MoneySaver to have access to the portfolio. Now you can find it here any time. […]
BTSX update May 2019: My mistake(s)
The punchline for May: No dividend cuts No dividend raises Manulife (MFC) drops from the list due to price accumulation (and Shaw [SJR.B] is back in) *Note: we do not recommend that monthly changes in the portfolio should trigger any […]
The case for dividends – by David Stanley
Many of you will already know David Stanley as the original author of the Beating the TSX series in the Canadian Moneysaver. Since agreeing to take on that role myself, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Dave in person and […]
How to use BTSX in real life
Here’s a nugget of information about me: I love woodworking. My father in law introduced me to this hobby soon after I got married – it was a rough introduction. One day, before I had my own tools, I brought […]
BTSX Update April 2019: Planning vs reacting
Here’s the punchline for April: National Bank nudged Shaw out of the 10th spot There were four dividend raises and no dividend cuts Average yield is 4.94%. Addendum: The fact that Shaw is off the list and National Bank is […]
You have to start somewhere
I remember opening my first investment account – an RRSP with CIBC almost twenty years ago. You could tell I didn’t really know what I was doing by the contents of that account – high MER mutual funds that were […]
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 […]