Many wealthy and retired investors have their primary investment objective as income generation. So, this post identifies 10 Canadian blue-chip investments with high yields that might be suitable for your portfolio. The holdings listed below are “blue-chip” since most are members of the S&P/TSX 60 Index and all are established companies with long track records. The companies in the list...
We all have spending constraints. This post describes 5 ways a family office will improve your spending habits.
Rebalancing is the process of realigning the weightings of a portfolio of assets. Rebalancing involves periodically buying or selling assets in a portfolio to maintain an original or desired level of asset allocation or risk. This post will describe some methods to rebalance your portfolio, and consider alternative ways to think about the concept.
If time is money, how would you spend your time when you have unlimited money? What would you do if you won the lottery or your business took off and you became wealthy? How would you live your life after you inherit wealth? Many people answer these questions by describing the ways they would spend the money from their lottery winnings,...
Financial failure stalks wealthy families because most don’t have a wealth management process designed to protect their capital. This post describes a way of thinking that will protect your wealth and generate income from your investments to support your lifestyle.
Active investors attempt to outperform the returns of a benchmark by applying an investing strategy. Passive investors simply mirror the returns of a benchmark by using low cost index funds. This post will briefly compare active vs passive investing approaches. Active investing aims to beat the market whereas passive investing aims to track the market. Passive investing was made possible by...
Should you invest in private companies or public stocks? Since there are many differences between public and private investments this post will discuss their unique features and how those attributes are used by different types of investors. Over the past several decades, investors have been shifting their focus from public company investments to private investments on a broad scale. While...
