Posts Tagged ‘Investing’
TriDelta Investment Counsel – Q2 2015 investment review
Performance Summary – TriDelta clients minimizing the damage Overall, the second quarter of 2015 was one of the weaker quarters in a long time. Of interest, there wasn’t really anywhere to turn to find good numbers on the quarter. Among indices, the results were the following: Index % Change S&P/TSX -2.3% S&P500/US –…
Read MoreHow to get richer, faster: Dump the cash for equities in your TFSAs
If a 30-year-old couple opened their first Tax Free Savings Accounts today, they could contribute up to $82,000, which is a big reason why such accounts are starting to be serious money for many Canadians. As far as investing the funds, they could choose cash, GICs, stocks, bonds and preferred shares, as well as use…
Read MoreA world with TFSAs vs without, Part II: Which helps a family with a modest income save an extra $1.5M?
Recently we did an analysis of a world before TFSAs vs. the world today that took some flak online. Using a 40-year-old couple with $80,000 of income each, and $100,000 of annual expenses, we concluded that they could save $1.1 million of taxes in their lifetime as compared to the world without TFSAs. There was…
Read MoreA world with TFSAs vs without: Guess which can help a middle-class couple save $1.1M?
Will the tax-free savings account’s expansion only help the rich? That seems to be the popular belief, but the middle class may in fact be the biggest beneficiaries of all. It might not be that noticeable for a few years, but crunch the numbers and there is strong evidence it will make retirement immensely better,…
Read MoreTriDelta Investment Counsel – Q1 2015 investment review
Executive Summary – Good times in the stock markets may last a while Another quarter rolls by, and overall, it was another quarter of very solid returns for our clients. Can the good times for investment markets continue? The pessimists of this world say “this has got to end soon”. The optimists say “maybe…
Read More3 ways to benefit now from historically low interest rates
There are those who think that interest rates are going lower. They may be right. But this column is for those other folks. The ones who feel that the only place for interest rates to go from here is up. While many of us follow the prime rate that is tied to a variable rate…
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