This post is a simplified extension of my What’s in my Portfolio post. Updates The Funds I Use Fund Category Name MER XIC Canadian Equity iShares Core S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index 0.06% VTI† US Equity Vanguard Total Stock Market Index 0.03% VXUS† International Equity Vanguard Total International Stock Index 0.07% XAW World Equity iShares Core […]
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What’s In My Portfolio
My Investment Approach Account Breakdown Asset Class Breakdown The Funds I Use Takeaways My Investment Approach If you’ve been here long, you know that I am an index ETF investor. Index ETF’s provide the greatest chance of investment success with the least amount effort. Their low fees reduce drag on your investments and you can […]
How to Pick an Online Brokerage
What Kind of DIY Investor are you? Things to Consider Brokerage Pros/Cons Online Brokerage Quick Chart So you’ve decided you want to be a DIY investor. Great choice! You’re taking your financial future into your own hands. But now you have to figure out where to invest. There are lots of options out there and […]
How to Start DIY Investing in Canada
Choose your RRSP or TFSA How to Pick Your Asset Allocation What Kind of DIY Investor Do You Want to Be? If you’re here, I assume you already know that you should be saving and investing. Saving for your future isn’t enough, you need to invest. This post outlines some common strategies for how to […]
How I Became a DIY Investor
Starting Out I started my career in 2003 and was fortunate to start with an organization that offers a superannuation pension. Being the young guy on the block, my managers and other colleagues would rave about the returns our pension had been getting for the last number of years, which piqued my interest. There were […]