Archive for January 2026
Free Stock Trading in Canada 2026
Canada’s best free stock trading apps are giving DIY investors more control over their investments than ever before. With zero-commission stock and ETF trades, investors can build their own portfolios without trading fees cutting into long-term returns. Online investing has never been so easy or affordable. However, it’s important to understand that a “free stock…
Read MoreBest USD Bank Accounts in Canada
Choosing the best USD bank account in Canada isn’t about convenience – it’s also about control. Control over when you convert your money. Control over how often you pay foreign exchange fees. And, in many cases, control over hundreds of dollars a year that quietly disappear through spreads and “small” bank charges most people never…
Read MoreQuestrade vs Interactive Brokers
If you last compared Questrade and Interactive Brokers a few years ago, the key thing that changed as we head into the 2026 RRSP season is that free trading has dramatically changed among Canada’s best online brokers. Both Questrade (as well as our #1-rated brokerage Qtrade) built their reputation on being the low-cost and DIY-friendly…
Read MoreThe Best Mutual Funds in Canada (and why you should avoid them)
Despite the fact that they’ve been proven over and over again to be a pretty lousy way to invest money, I still get a surprising number of questions about where to find the best mutual funds in Canada. It happens in the MDJ comments. It happens in emails. It definitely happens when I speak to…
Read MoreInvesting in Canadian Bank Stocks 2026
As we look at the possibilities for investing in Canadian bank stocks in 2026, it’s important to realize just what an incredible year we’re coming off of in 2025. As you can see in the chart below, TD was the runaway winner, but all six Canadian banks rewarded shareholders handsomely. They were some of the…
Read More49 Best ETFs in Canada – May 2026
When I started writing about Canadian personal finance roughly two decades ago, choosing the best ETFs in Canada was pretty easy. You could basically count the number of options on your fingers. There were no Canadian all-in-one ETFs, no clever ticker symbols, and no glossy marketing pushing “new” leveraged fund strategies every quarter. ETFs were…
Read MoreDogs of the TSX Dividend Stock Picks
The “Dogs of the TSX” dividend investing strategy for Canadian stocks has been a focus of mine for the past 14 years. I don’t follow the “Dogs” strategy with a majority of my portfolio, but it is a key factor when I look at my relative weighting of Canadian stocks at the end of each…
Read MoreQuestrade vs Qtrade in 2026
When I started Million Dollar Journey twenty years ago the Questrade vs Qtrade rivalry was already a few years old. Today’s Canadian DIY investors still have these two brokerages at the top of their lists. Perhaps the biggest change over the last two decades is that these two independent Canadian online brokers have widened the…
Read MoreIs Robinhood Available in Canada?
When Robinhood first entered the online brokerage world, its “gamified” approach to commission-free trading changed the way many young investors engaged with the stock market. With its sleek mobile app and zero-commission trades, the platform quickly attracted a new generation of first-time traders. But, since going public – and especially after the release of the…
Read MoreTop 6 Indexing Options for Your Portfolio in 2026
If you’ve been considering jumping into index investing and fully committing to a passive portfolio, but keep getting caught up in analysis paralysis, you’re far from alone. Many people stall before they even start, unsure of the first step, worried they don’t have enough money, or convinced they need a finance degree in order to…
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