It’s impossible to predict the future, especially the stock market. Even when the economy is bad, the stock market can do well. And it can certainly over-react to news at any time. And recover faster than anyone expected. So this is all speculation and there’s no way to predict the future. But let’s examine one…
Just over a year ago (October 2023), I had a hunch. I bought some American Express ($AXP). It’s up almost 100% since then. Maybe I’m a bit premature at this, but the other day I sold it and took the profits. I also took some $ZMMK (BMO Money Market) and bought some more small cap…
I saw an interesting chart today. The conclusion can be that investing in stocks, while riskier, averages out to a higher return in the end. And thus, it’s pointless to invest in fixed income products. If you can survive without the money invested in your account for, 10 years say, you are always better off…
As of this morning, I hold 32 different stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds across my various accounts. These are split between accounts in Canada, Great Britain, and Europe. It’s impossible to imagine reducing that number from 32 to 1. The same products are not available in each account. And besides, who wants to put all…
I should leave my portfolio as it is. I should not look at it or touch it. But I have these days where I get frustrated with investments that I put a lot of thought into and went nowhere. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 keeps chugging along. So yesterday, partly out of boredom and partly out…
Before today, my investment mix was: I didn’t get into individual stocks the way that I thought I might. I got distracted by options. So, I am effectively playing with Paypal and Alibaba right now before settling down again and getting into stable long-term stocks. But based on my insights from the other day, where…
I watched this YouTube video this morning, and it hit home. I immediately logged into one of my brokerage accounts from my phone and put some idle money to work. Over ten years or more, holding cash will never win out. Even if it was a brilliant idea to hold cash in 2022, it’s never…
I watch a guy on YouTube, Ben Felix, who talks about investments. Ben is very research-focused, and each of his videos delves into some long-term study on investing that has some exciting results. Much of that still goes over my head, and I wish someone Explained It Like I Am Five. His latest video shows…
This is probably dull content. Sorry. But today was a bit of a red day on the market. That means it’s time to push a few more bucks into index funds. My investment mix yesterday was: The latest mix is: I’ve been watching videos that have reinforced my feeling that index funds (particularly VT, the…
This is frustrating. Today, I transferred some money from my checking account to my investment account, sold some of my money market funds, and pushed the money into the market. I thought it was a lot of money. On dollar terms, it was a lot of money. But when I look at my “percentage” of…
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