Recession is Nowhere in Sight

Themoneynarrative is pleased to present, for educational purposes, an article written by RBC Dominion Securities Vice-President and Portfolio Manager Nick Scholte. Not only do we find the article extremely informative, but we are pleased to highlight the work of an individual who represents excellence within the investment advisor community. We wrote about investors maximizing the value they obtain from their investment advisor relationship in themoneynarrative investor strategy commentary #3.

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Understanding the investing industry #5 (market data feed)

Many self-directed investors are confused (frustrated, angry …) from time to time when they place an order based upon the price and quantity data on their screen, only to see a result that doesn’t match their expectations. Continue reading “Understanding the investing industry #5 (market data feed)”

The bottom line on dollar-cost averaging

Themoneynarrative is pleased to present, for educational purposes, an article entitled “Lump sum or dollar-cost averaging? Here’s the truth about which investing approach works best for Canadians” written by Morningstar Canada’s Director of Investment Research, Ian Tam, and published by The Globe and Mail. Continue reading “The bottom line on dollar-cost averaging”

Trading tips

Traders can do well with results well in excess of the success threshold, which is consistently being right more than half of the time, by following a few simple guidelines.

First, pick a solid company that has a clear relationship to certain benchmarks as well as good daily trading volume (benchmarks need to be available in real time).  Continue reading “Trading tips”

themoneynarrative tips and pointers #13 (index composition)

On Monday, January 22, 2018, the S&P/TSX Composite Shareholder Yield Index, as part of its quarterly review, will add seventeen issuers (in place of removed ones), including two companies covered by themoneyblog: Baytex Energy (BTE.TO) and TransCanada Corporation (TRP.TO). Continue reading “themoneynarrative tips and pointers #13 (index composition)”