Month: May 2017

  • Investments: Percentages vs. Absolute amounts.

    In investing Practically every investment website or book talks about investments in percentages terms instead of absolute amounts. They say things like… “you should invest X percentage in stocks and X percentage in Bonds.” But believe me, investing 50% of your $5,000,000 portfolio in stocks doesn’t feel the same as investing 50% of $50,000. A…

  • What is the S&P 500 and how can Canadians invest in it.

    What is the S&P 500 and how can Canadians invest in it.

    When people ask: “How is the US stock market doing?” They generally refer to how is the S&P 500 doing. The S&P 500 is an abbreviation from “Standard & Poor’s 500” which is an index of the 500 biggest companies in the US.  This index is market capitalized, which means that the biggest companies have…

  • Smooth ride versus rocky road

    For the past 20 years, the S&P has had a compounded annual growth of about 8%. So why people are not earning that kind of money? In my previous article “What kind of return to expect from your money” I spoke about the DALBAR’s report which states that the average investor in the S&P 500…

  • What kind of returns to expect from the market

    Financial gurus make their money from selling programs Last week a few of my friends invited me to a 3-day seminar on how to become rich trading stocks. I have seen this amazing marketing campaigns before. A guru is going to teach the secret formula. All you have to do is pay $999 and you…