Asset Allocation

Man biking up a hill symbolizes safety and growth of GICs for Canadian retirees.

Retired Money

Are GICs a no-brainer for retirees?

GICs were embraced by many Canadian investors last year, whether conservative or not. With rates expected to fall again...

Are GICs a no-brainer for retirees?
An archer with her eye on the target to symbolize Target Date Funds in Canada.

Investing

Target-date funds in Canada: Investing for the year you plan to retire

Looking for a way to simplify your retirement investment strategy? A lot of people in Canada are meeting that...

Target-date funds in Canada: Investing for the year you plan to retire
Photo of a woman reading the Franklin Templeton Annual Returns of Key Asset Classes for Canadian investors.

Retired Money

Reading the “Annual Returns of Key Asset Classes”—what it means for Canadian investors

Our Retired Money columnist talks of the importance and lessons investors can glean from Franklin Templeton’s charts of Annual Returns of...

Reading the “Annual Returns of Key Asset Classes”—what it means for Canadian investors

Columns

How to boost your returns in retirement

Two new books advise retirees to embrace more risk in their portfolios, but is it right for you?

How to boost your returns in retirement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Investing

The importance of asset allocation

Only two out of four elements are important when designing a portfolio. But most advisors and investors tend to...

The importance of asset allocation
asset allocation stocks

Bonds

Do you need more stocks?

How to figure out if this era of ultra-low interest rates means you should lighten up on bonds

Do you need more stocks?

Ask a Planner

Set up your portfolio for success in 2016

How to prepare for the year ahead after one of the worst market showings in recent memory

Set up your portfolio for success in 2016

Ask a Planner

How’s my TFSA asset allocation?

This MoneySense.ca reader wants to make sure his TFSA asset allocation fits his risk tolerance and that he’s not...

How’s my TFSA asset allocation?

Advertisement

Investing

Portfolio rebalancing: Why, when and how much

Markets can throw your portfolio out of whack, and without rebalancing you could end up taking on far more...

Portfolio rebalancing: Why, when and how much

Advertisement