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August 9th, 2008 - The Globe and Mail
Noreen Rasbach’s Investors Diary column appears in the Saturday edition of The Globe and Mail. In this edition, she asks the question about switching to ETFs and asks Preet about the growing trend of investors (and advisors) using exchange traded funds in their portfolios. They also discuss a potential new model for relationships between investors and advisors.
1Jan2008 | Preet | Comments Off | Continued
The Cost of Not Staying Invested
I received some wonderful statistics from Dimensional Fund Advisors which helps demonstrate the importance of “sitting on one’s hands”. Specifically, the annualized compound return of the S&P/TSX Composite Index from January 1st, 1980 until December 31st, 2007 was 10.53%. This is a pretty healthy rate of return and remember this is over 28 years, nearly [...]
1Jan2007 | Preet | Comments Off | Continued
Misstatements In The Market
There are many misstatements about the markets that slip under the radar. Here are two prime examples:
“Wall street is in a selling mood as stocks move down today.”
Since there must be someone willing to buy the stocks that get sold, this doesn’t make much sense. What mood were the buyers in? Really all you can [...]
