Does market timing work?
Happy New Year everyone! I sure hope everyone had time to relax over the holidays. Boy, the market sure has been volatile the last few weeks! On Christmas Eve, major stock indexes in both Canada …
ETF Investing
Index ETF investing, the other pillar of investing strategy that we deploy. Index ETF investing essentially tracks the different market indices. When market goes up, index ETFs go up; when market goes up, index ETFs go up. A simple and straightforward investing strategy.
Budgeting, Investing, FIRE aren’t sexy. Sex, drugs, Rock’n’Roll are.
Since I’m not an anonymous blogger anymore, I have wondered if I may get recognized in public spaces. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t need and not asking for recognition, but I figured, if I …
Reviewing our 1H 2018 $50,000 Dividend Stock/ETF purchases
It’s July, that means the first half of 2018 is officially in the books. Since January 1, we have been busy adding dividend-paying stocks and index ETFs in our TFSAs, RRSPs, and taxable accounts. To …
FIRE Canada Interview #3 – Why I decided to keep working despite reaching FI at 38
A few months ago, a reader from Vancouver left a comment on this blog, stating that he has reached financial independence at 38 years of age. He also mentioned that he decided to continue working …
Random Thoughts on index ETF & stock selections
I have been investing in stocks since I was 19 years old. I am not the next Warren Buffet when it comes to stock returns, but over the span of 15 years I have learned …
The great debate: Index vs Dividend Growth
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know I’m a dividend growth investor at heart. You probably also know that rather than investing 100% in dividend stocks, we own two index …
Stock investment – my thoughts on the impending doomsday aka bear market
We are in the midst of one of the longest bull markets in history. I can’t predict how the stock markets will behave in the future but there is one thing I can predict with 100% accuracy- …