Once upon a long long time ago, a famous military general was returning from war. He couldn’t wait to get home to his family and his palace, but there were numerous challenges along the way and it took him ten […]
The evolution of individual investing – by David Stanley
In Canada, the mechanisms of individual investing have changed a great deal since I bought my first shares in 1995. Here is the way it used to go: Back in the good old days Acting upon usually unsolicited advice from […]
Does IPL belong in BTSX? (June 2019 BTSX Update)
Inter Pipeline Ltd. (IPL) and Pembina Pipeline Corp (PPL) both sport dividend yields that place them in the top ten of the TSX 60 index. Understandably, I am frequently asked why they are not included in the BTSX portfolio. The […]
Investing with Dividend Funds (by David Stanley)
Here’s another guest post by the original Beating the TSX author, David Stanley. In his last post, he laid out the case for dividend investing in general. Here he offers his thoughts on investing with dividend funds: mutual funds vs. […]
The complete TSX 60 stock list by dividend yield
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 […]
Planning vs reacting
There is an axiom in medicine: don’t do a test unless it will change your management. It’s tempting to get information just for the sake of having more information, especially when it’s easy to come by. But this is dangerous. […]
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 […]