Posts by Robb Engen
Weekend Reading: Real Estate FOMO Edition
The Canadian media loves to talk about real estate – particularly Toronto real estate – and its seemingly unstoppable climb to new heights. The average home price in Canada reached $538,831 (June, 2020). That’s up 6.5% versus the same time last year. In a pandemic. The national average doesn’t tell the whole story, though, as…
Read MorePast Performance and Your Investing Returns
“Past performance is not an indicator of future results.” Investors have heard this disclaimer for years, yet when it comes to picking investments we can’t help but look to a fund’s historical results to determine its quality. Indeed, it’s one of the first questions asked whenever I mention the idea of switching to an indexed…
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