Archive for December 2024
Market Predictions for 2025
I get a kick out of how every year the same news sources trot the same big names to make predictions about what the world’s various stocks, bond, and commodity markets will do. These predictions rarely come true – but no one appears to care, and then we repeat the cycle in the hopes that…
Read MoreBest Options Trading in Canada 2025
Options are one of the best ways to capitalize on market trends and enhance profitability – if you get your prediction right. While buying options has a limited downside on a per contract basis, it is also one of the “best” ways to lose your money in the market – or as WSJ put it…
Read MoreAlterna Bank Review
What is Alterna Bank? Alterna Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the credit union Alterna Savings, based in Ontario. Alterna Bank has brick-and-mortar locations within Ontario that can provide in-person services, but they also have online-only accounts. In this review, we will be focusing on Alterna Bank’s eAccounts, which are its no/low-fee online products. Alterna…
Read MoreCheap International Money Transfer (Cheaper than Wise*)
The cost of transferring money internationally to a bank account abroad – or just exchanging one currency for another – is likely to be higher than you think. The true cost of an international transfer from Canada can be shockingly high for those who don’t understand how those type of fees are structured (as the…
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Invest in Chinese Stocks
Technically, l I guess that I can’t say that I don’t invest in Chinese stocks at all, since I advocate for using Canadian all-in-one ETFs, and have ETFs such as VXC on my best Canadian ETFs list. That said, I would never advocate for investing directly in Chinese stocks. I didn’t like the idea when…
Read MoreBest Tech Stocks in Canada For 2025
While Canadian technology stocks have seen impressive growth over the last decade – particularly during the pandemic—they remain a relatively small slice of the Toronto Stock Exchange. We have a lot of great Canadian dividend stocks, Canadian bank stocks, Canadian energy stocks, Canadian utility stocks, etc. But tech stocks account for just 8-9% of our…
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