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Why now is a good time to invest

What a month. Humanity is living through the worst pandemic in a century. Canada's oil and gas sector is on the ropes. And our investments have taken a beating. Is…

Continue ReadingWhy now is a good time to invest
  • Post published:March 31, 2020
  • Post category:DIY Investing/Investor psychology
  • Post comments:27 Comments

Why is the stock market crashing?

Two days ago the stock market officially entered bear market territory, coming down 20% from its high just a few weeks ago. Yesterday the TSX dropped another 12% - the…

Continue ReadingWhy is the stock market crashing?
  • Post published:March 13, 2020
  • Post category:DIY Investing/Investor psychology
  • Post comments:15 Comments

Coping with a market correction

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…

Continue ReadingCoping with a market correction
  • Post published:February 29, 2020
  • Post category:Investor psychology/Personal stories
  • Post comments:18 Comments

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…

Continue ReadingBPY.UN: does Brookfield Property Partners belong in your portfolio?
  • Post published:February 5, 2020
  • Post category:DIY Investing
  • Post comments:25 Comments
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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…

Continue ReadingHow did BTSX perform in 2019?
  • Post published:January 17, 2020
  • Post category:Beating the TSX
  • Post comments:38 Comments

What is SPIVA?

If there is one thing every investor should know about before considering the purchase of an actively managed mutual fund, it is this: the SPIVA report. SPIVA stands for "S&P…

Continue ReadingWhat is SPIVA?
  • Post published:January 1, 2020
  • Post category:Investing for beginners/Investor psychology
  • Post comments:16 Comments

What is confirmation bias?

Building on last month's post which addressed how we might tackle investing in a potentially "over-valued" market, I thought I would explore one of the most common cognitive biases that…

Continue ReadingWhat is confirmation bias?
  • Post published:December 4, 2019
  • Post category:Investor psychology
  • Post comments:5 Comments
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Is it a good time to invest in the stock market?

There is one investing question that comes up more than any other: Is now a good time to be putting money into the stock market? The stock market has been…

Continue ReadingIs it a good time to invest in the stock market?
  • Post published:November 1, 2019
  • Post category:Investor psychology
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How to become a DIY investor: is there a better way?

Managing our own investments does not have to be complicated.  Most of the time a simple strategy will outperform a more complicated one.  But I haven't met a single DIY…

Continue ReadingHow to become a DIY investor: is there a better way?
  • Post published:October 1, 2019
  • Post category:Dividend investing/Investing for beginners
  • Post comments:13 Comments

How Dividend-paying Stocks Behave During A Market Crash – by David Stanley

To accompany our monthly BTSX portfolio update, we have another post by the father of Beating the TSX, David Stanley.  Personally, I am in the middle of moving, so I…

Continue ReadingHow Dividend-paying Stocks Behave During A Market Crash – by David Stanley
  • Post published:September 2, 2019
  • Post category:Beating the TSX/Dividend investing
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Matt

Husband, father, woodworker, DIY investor. I spent eleven years in post-secondary education, fifteen in a profession that was burning me out, and one year traveling around the world with my family. How? Financial independence through dividend investing.

Qtrade is the discount brokerage I've loved for 10+ years.

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