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Is your financial advisor an order taker? Have you hired someone to provide advice and then find that when you make a suggestion they are willing to comply with no discussion? That could be a formula for failure. It is your money and ultimately everything is your decision. However if your suggestion is not in … Running out of money is a real risk during retirement
Life is all about trying to avoid mistakes. Investing is no different. Financial mistakes can hurt your ability to achieve your financial goals. Financial goals include reducing and eliminating personal debt, helping your children with the financial burden of a post-secondary education, and preparing for retirement. Financial goals are why you invest. These are the … Financial malpractice could torpedo your investment results
The Canadian economy is not as strong as many of us had assumed. Last week’s lowering of the interest rate by the Bank of Canada will have a ripple effect for many. The financial news that has gripped headlines over the past months has been the financial woes of the Greek economy. By contrast, we … Bank of Canada interest rate reduction is a significant move
Today we are going to make a bold stock market prediction. Consider this our “hot tip.” We strongly predict that you will never be able to constantly predict the short-term outcome of the stock market or any individual security. Yes, from time to time you will guess the market correctly but that can be attributed … Short-term investment predictions do not work
Investors can learn from the Golden Rule of carpentry, measure twice and cut once. Applying the same degree of quality control on investing will have similar results to a proficient carpenter. Carpenters have it easy. They have a specific target. Depending on the size of the piece of wood required they carefully measure and cut … Measure twice, cut once when it comes to investing
Investors suffer because of mutual fund fees. Now we have another research report that explains some of these failings. The Canadian Securities Administrator (CSA) published the Mutual Fund Fee Research report in June. Our interpretation of the report is that mutual fund companies and those investment salespeople who sell mutual funds should be doing a … Mutual funds have hidden fees: report