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Are risk assessment surveys useful or just a sales tool to motivate investors to complete a trade? Does the financial consumer benefit from these surveys or do they just provide a false sense of security? A Risk Assessment Survey asks questions that are meant to reveal how much investment risk a client should take. The … Assessing your investment risk
Today’s column is about an imaginary Oakville couple in their 50s who want to start planning for retirement. Now that the children are off to university it is time to focus on their golden years. They interview three investment advisors who outline their investment strategy. The investment return projections range from low, medium to high; … Risk adjusted return
Our recommendation is to drastically change your losing investment approach. There is strong evidence that the time for change is now. Currently, most investors actively manage their investment portfolios. Some pick specific stocks and attempt to time the market with buy and sell decisions that they hope will produce superior investment returns. Others delegate this … Active investment management does not work
Managing your wealth is challenging where your success will influence your ability to achieve your long-term objectives. Today’s column will review the critical foundation to being a successful manager of your family assets. Investing is all about risk. You take one type of risk in order to avoid other risks. There is a delicate tradeoff … Be successful at managing your family assets
It is time to sound the alarm again on potential real estate price declines. We wrote about this several times last year. There continues to be news about the risk that the real estate bubble might be coming to an end. Many people incorrectly think real estate is special and prices can only increase. In … Real Estate Price Declines
The manner in which investment advisers are paid is one of the weaknesses of the financial services industry. There is much wrong with the current remuneration system and it is reasonable to expect some changes. This month a University of Toronto professor shed some light on the structural problem of adviser compensation and added fuel … Research shows another reason for fee transparency