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This periodic table of returns for seven individual asset classes shows the balanced Couch Potato portfolio fell near the...

Resist the urge to let the “explore” portion of your portfolio grow larger. ...

Bonds and GICs don’t pay well but they may be your best short-term investment option.

In order to minimize the tax impact, choose the property with the higher annual accrued gain as your principal...

You can either transfer the money to another registered account or withdraw and pay tax on it.

Enticed by popular cloud or social media stocks? Only 11 U.S. software firms of 129 screened trade under 20...

Dividend reinvestment plans help build dividend income at little cost. They also protect long-term investors from crashes.

It's not an either/or issue between ETFs and mutual funds.

Five years after the 2008 crash, it’s happy days again for the stock market. So why is Patient Capital’s...