Yearly Archives: 2015

Asset location – The best types of accounts for different investments

Deciding which accounts to hold different assets in Should you put stocks in your RRSP or TFSA? What about fixed income like bonds? This post will answer these types of asset location questions. Readers should already be somewhat familiar with tax advantaged accounts such as the RRSP, and regular taxable accounts. The importance of asset location Asset allocation… Read More »

Fiscal Update – June 2015 – Market Turmoil

Greece is holding a referendum tomorrow, Sunday, on whether or not they want to accept the bailout terms from their creditors. I’m not great at economic forecasts but I feel like the majority will vote yes for better or for worse. [Edit] The result is out. Greeks voted No, lol. This is why I’m not an economist. [/Edit] In other… Read More »

New Purchase: Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners LP

Earlier this month I blogged about my plan to help make this world a greener place by supporting renewable energy initiatives. One way to do this profitably is to invest in green companies. On Thursday this past week I purchased 50 shares of Brookfield Renewable Energy, (BEP.UN) for $38.05 CAD each for a total cost of roughly $1,900. It also trades… Read More »

Adaptability

“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”― Leon C. Megginson Change is inevitable, unless the vending machine is broken. 😀 When things don’t go quite the way we want them to it’s tempting to want to change the system. But it’s often more favorable to just change ourselves than… Read More »