I'm mostly looking for market performance as I'm looking at 20-25 years for returns.
The simplest thing is your Veqt/vgro/vbal or Xeqt/xgro/xbal all in one ETFs. They essentially are total world market funds with home country bias to Canada. Each type has a different amount of bonds in them. For stock exposure the Xeqt is 45% US, 25% Canada, 25% major international and 5% emerging markets.
These still suffer from the US portion being dominated by the big 7 and the Canadian portion being dominated by banks, telecom and oil.
But they give you more or less world market returns with lower volitility by increasing Canadian content. It’s about as boring as you can get.
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Thanks for the response. I am relatively knowledgeable about investing to the.degree that I am aware of how much I don't know. Enough knowledge to be dangerous.
Here is a weird question. My dad has a bunch of share certificates to a bunch of companies that have been folded into other ones or don't exist anymore. A bunch are Australian based companies. Is there a way to check if these things are worthless before I throw them out. Has 10,000 shares in Valencia Mining Corporation? Google is not helping much.
Here is a weird question. My dad has a bunch of share certificates to a bunch of companies that have been folded into other ones or don't exist anymore. A bunch are Australian based companies. Is there a way to check if these things are worthless before I throw them out. Has 10,000 shares in Valencia Mining Corporation? Google is not helping much.
A veteran wealth management executive says that unless Canada’s largest pension plans start investing more domestically, institutions like the Toronto Stock Exchange could one day fall by the wayside.
Peter Letko, co-founder and partner at investment management firm Letko Brosseau, told BNN Bloomberg that Canada’s economic and financial health is being impacted by the low level of investment from Canadian pension funds.....
What the angle is here. He is advocating for increased domestic investment from CPP funds to support the Canadian economy and financial market...OR ELSE: DOOM ?
CALGARY, AB,#March 20, 2024#/CNW/ - Crescent Point Energy Corp. ("Crescent Point" or the "Company") (TSX:#CPG) (NYSE: CPG) announced today that it intends to change its name to Veren Inc. ("Veren") and will seek shareholder approval for the change at its upcoming Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders ("AGM") on#May 10, 2024.
Amazon is removing Just Walk Out tech from all of its Fresh grocery stores in the US, as reported by The Information. The self-checkout system relies on a host of cameras, sensors and good old-fashioned human eyeballs to track what people leave the store with, charging the customers accordingly.
The technology has been plagued by issues from the onset. Most notably, Just Walk Out merely presents the illusion of automation, with Amazon crowing about generative AI and the like. Here’s where the smoke and mirrors come in. While the stores have no actual cashiers, there are reportedly over 1,000 real people in India scanning the camera feeds to ensure accurate checkouts.
What the angle is here. He is advocating for increased domestic investment from CPP funds to support the Canadian economy and financial market...OR ELSE: DOOM ?
His angle is less domestic investment = less Assets under his own management to draw commissions / fees from.
The right way to address this issue isn't compelling pension funds to invest in subpar domestic investment opportunities, it's taking initiatives to bolster the economy domestically to make the investment opportunities in Canada more attractive to not only attract domestic investment but foreign investment as well.
His angle is less domestic investment = less Assets under his own management to draw commissions / fees from.
The right way to address this issue isn't compelling pension funds to invest in subpar domestic investment opportunities, it's taking initiatives to bolster the economy domestically to make the investment opportunities in Canada more attractive to not only attract domestic investment but foreign investment as well.
Well for a resource based economy that is easier said than done. There are a significant amount of asset owners around the world who flat out will not invest in fossil fuels. It's not a question of "blackballing" Canada or anything like that. It's that we have a few sectors that dominant the TSX and frankly some of those are non-starters for some major foreign investors.
That doesn't mean pensions here in Canada should be piling into Canadian equities though. It just makes it more difficult to attract foreign investment.
