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In Canada, an accredited investor is someone who meets certain financial thresholds and is eligible to invest in certain types of private investments that are not available to the public. The rules for qualifying as an accredited investor are established…
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Capitalism vs Materialism
In our society, there are two concepts that often come up in discussions about economic and social values: capitalism and materialism. Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production, while materialism is a social…
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3 Ways Index Funds Beat Active Management
Index funds and actively managed portfolios are two of the most popular investment options available to investors. While both have their advantages and disadvantages, index funds have consistently outperformed actively managed portfolios in several key areas. In this blog post,…
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Top 5 Ways to Own Gold
There are several ways to invest in and hold gold, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Here are some of the most common methods: Physical Gold: This involves buying and holding physical gold in the form of coins, bars,…
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Using index funds without investing in them
Some investors will keep actively managing their investment portfolio no matter how much data suggests they should not. Because, it doesn’t matter what the data says. It matters how we feel. If it makes us feel good to pick a…
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Investing Tasks That Don’t Involve Investing
Let’s say you’ve decided to stop wasting time trying to “beat the market”. You’ve learned over time that simply using a passive indexing strategy will outperform most of the time. So, now that you don’t have to waste anytime pick…
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Reasons to Become an Active Investor
While the consensus among finance experts is that passive investing is generally a more effective and cost-efficient strategy compared to active managing an investment portfolio, there are some situations where an investor might choose active management over passive management. Here…
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Impact Investing Principles
One of the key challenges for impact investors and philanthropists alike is measuring & reporting impact. Investing in things that make us feel good or simply giving our money away to what we think are worthy causes is not enough.…
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Impact of US Withholding Taxes for Canadian Investors
Withholding taxes are deducted at source before income is paid to an investor. In the context of Canadian investors with US stocks, withholding taxes refer to the taxes that are deducted by the US government on dividends paid to Canadian…
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Tax Integration Explained
In the Canadian context, tax integration refers to the concept of ensuring that the combined tax burden on corporations and their shareholders is roughly equivalent to the tax burden that would be paid if the corporation’s income was earned directly…