XEQT:CC News and Press, Ishares Core Equity Etf Portfolio From 11/11/22

When it comes to the stock market, many investors are active . They spend hours poring over financial filings, listening to earnings reports, and keeping up to date with the latest news on their stock portfolio. That being said, “laziness is a virtue,” or so I’m...

My first attempts at investing in 2017 were…ineffective to say the least. I bought a motley (no pun intended) assortment of penny stocks and Canadian blue-chip dividend stocks . Some did alright, others grew quickly, but most went nowhere. A few even went bankrupt and got...

It has been said that “ diversification is the only free lunch in investing.” Rather than betting your portfolio on a handful of stocks, investors should buy stocks from all geographies, market capitalizations, and market sectors . This approach spreads out your risk a...

Stock picking can be fun and rewarding, but it can also be discouraging and prone to underperformance. For the average investor (especially new ones), passive investing using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) might be the easiest and cheapest way of building real long-term wealth with li...

For most investors, passive investing using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) , especially those that track broad market stock indexes , is the way to go. There is plenty of evidence out there that investors holding a low-cost, globally diversified stock portfolio will beat the major...

Welcome to a series where I break down and compare some of the most popular exchange-traded funds (ETFs) available to Canadian investors! Canadian investors favouring the most hands-off, passive approach to investing can invest in all-in-one “asset-allocation” ETFs...

Welcome to a weekly series where I break down and compare some of the most popular exchange-traded funds (ETFs) available to Canadian investors! Canadian investors favouring the most hands-off, passive approach to investing can eschew a hand-picked portfolio of stocks and bonds ...

Active stock picking can be time consuming, stressful, and prone to variable results. For the average investor, there is ample evidence that passive investing using a variety of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) following major stock market indexes is great way to go. This approach requi...