Dividend Income – Jan 2025 Update
Welcome to the first monthly dividend update for 2025! Who could have predicted that we would see so much volatility in the stock market in the first two months of 2025? I certainly didn’t! As …
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.
Five dividend stocks we plan to buy in 2025
In December, I wrote about the Canadian dividend stocks we’d consider buying for TFSA in 2025. With the TFSA contributions behind us and purchases made already, it’s time to look ahead to other dividend stocks …
VXC vs. XAW – The battle of ex-Canada international index ETFs
If you’re a long time reader, you know that we deploy a hybrid investment strategy – we hold both individual dividend-paying stocks and index ETFs in our dividend portfolio. When it comes to an international …
All Equity ETFs Review – VEQT vs. XEQT vs. HEQT
Since publishing my analysis of all-in-one ETFs in Canada and mentioning that we are going from multi-ETFs to all-in-one ETFs for our kids’ RESPs, we have gone ahead and made the changes. We picked iShares …
The Best Preferred Share ETFs in Canada
If you look at our dividend portfolio, you’ll notice that we only hold common shares that pay dividends. A few readers have emailed me and asked why we don’t hold any preferred shares to take …
6 Best Canadian Bank ETFs – Should I invest in one or build my own?
Canadian banks have a long dividend history. All the big five banks – Royal Bank, TD, Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, and CIBC have been distributing dividends since the late 1800s. Even during …
Best Canadian Bond ETFs – My Top 5
Recently a few readers reached out and asked me about bond ETFs. Since most of these readers are close to retirement or are already retired, they are curious about my thoughts on bonds. In particular, …