Planning For The Family Vacation Property

Many Canadians appreciate the benefits and joys of owning a cottage, cabin or chalet (“vacation property”), and wish to pass the ownership and enjoyment to the next generation....

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Reducing Portfolio Volatility With Private Equity

Air travel is always more enjoyable when there’s no turbulence. You can say the same about investing – it’s a much smoother and comfortable ride when you can minimize volatility by diversifying your portfolio. However, it’s getting harder to avoid th...

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Investment Strategy - July 2024

Most people tend to be rational and value conscious. Case in point, Costco, a favourite retailer of ours, has built an empire by providing great quality products at excellent prices – consumers clearly like that business model....

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4 Things High-net-worth Women Should Look For In An Advisor

Historically, women haven’t been thought of as controlling significant wealth, but that trope is quickly disappearing as trillions of dollars get passed down from one generation to the next....

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Global Markets Commentary - 2024 at the Half: A Good Time for Investors

The first half of 2024 has delivered solid equity market results. Bond yields have been volatile; the Canadian bond market posted a small year-to-date loss. A typical well-diversified Canadian balanced investor is sitting with a total return in the m...

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What does cooling inflation mean for the markets?

No one ever thinks they’d find themselves rooting for an economic slowdown, but that’s what some investors found themselves doing earlier in the year as they longed for some relief from runaway inflation....

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