Archive for August 2013

Regular readers of Boomer and Echo know we are very enthusiastic about dividend investing. This strategy falls out of favour from time to time.  Large dividend paying companies are generally slow growing – you need to hold them for the long term. “Buy and hold” strategies also fall out of favour in periods of good…

Interest rates on savings accounts and GICs are abysmal these days, so it can be tempting to plow all your hard earned savings into the stock market for a chance to juice your returns.  But how you save and invest depends a lot on your time horizon – when will you need the money? No…