by Robb Engen | Sep 18, 2018 | Investing
For most Canadians, mutual funds are still the mainstay of their investment portfolios. However, many investors are fed up with high fees that are being charged on mutual funds that rarely match, let alone outperform, the market. Investing in lower cost...
by Robb Engen | Sep 15, 2018 | Around the Blogosphere
Earlier this summer the Canadian Securities Administrators disappointed investor advocates and did a disservice to Canadian investors when it announced watered-down reforms that failed to address conflicted investment advice and a best interest standard of care....
by Robb Engen | Sep 14, 2018 | Retirement
Is every day a Saturday in retirement? That’s what behavioural scientists Dan Ariely and Aline Holzwarth claimed in a recent study about retirement income. The premise being that when you’re no longer working 40 hours a week (or more) all of a sudden you have 40...
by Robb Engen | Sep 11, 2018 | Book Review
If there’s anyone who knows how to beat the bank at its own game, it’s 35-year banking industry veteran turned investor advocate Larry Bates. His new book, Beat the Bank: The Canadian Guide to Simply Successful Investing, just hit the shelves and in it he...
by Robb Engen | Sep 8, 2018 | Around the Blogosphere
I picked up three pints of ice cream from Save On Foods today, not because I’m a glutton but because they were on sale and I plan on eating one of them after I run 12 miles tomorrow (okay, so I AM a glutton. What of it?). At the check-out I noticed the items...
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