Blog: Cutting Through the Noise
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Rent versus Buy - The Most Misunderstood Financial Decision
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on May 24, 2013
Should you rent or buy? There are all kinds of reasons to buy a home – making it your own, establishing roots in the community, good schools, basketball hoop on the driveway – and they should be at the top of the list. From a financial perspective, however...Read More
Tom on BNN
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on May 23, 2013
Prepare for extremes. This is an essential element to being a better investor, and is particularly topical on a day when the Japanese market is down 7%. Tom expanded on the five essential elements to being a better investor on BNN this morning. You can...Read More
Video: Equity Fund Update
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on May 22, 2013
We caught up with Gord O’Reilly earlier this month for an update on the Equity Fund. Gord is a founding partner of CGOV (he’s the "O"), the firm that manages the fund. The portfolio has performed well over the last few years and we wanted to provide...Read More
Be Better
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on May 21, 2013
Better Investors will experience higher returns, and be more comfortable and confident in the process. This is our underlying belief and driving force behind a new report we’ve published on what makes a better investor. It focuses on the structural and...Read More
Video: Global Equity Fund Update
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on May 16, 2013
We met with Edinburgh Partners Limited’s Craig Armour recently for a thorough review of our Global Equity Fund. Craig is an investment partner at EPL and manages the fund. EPL’s investment strategy has been out-of-favour with global markets, and as such...Read More
Getting out of the Market Almost Certainly a Losing Long-term Proposition
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on May 13, 2013
"Should I get out of the market?" I'm finding this question is coming up again, prompted either by the Dow hitting all-time highs or the central bankers' perilous high wire act (performed without a net). It depends on the week. But, while we know all...Read More
The Dividend Dance
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on May 6, 2013
In Saturday’s Report on Business, there was a remarkable table embedded in Rob Carrick’s article (How to Shelter Your Portfolio from a Housing Decline). It showed the top 10 Canadian equity funds (by assets) and the top 10 Canadian dividend income...Read More
A Report from the Front Lines
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on May 3, 2013
I thought a recent report from Mawer Investment Management captured well the opportunity, challenges and complexity of investing in the Asian markets. A paragraph from the conclusion summarizes their balanced optimism. Overall, we find ourselves...Read More
Job Opportunity: Investor Specialist
Excerpt from Neil Jensen's blog on April 30, 2013
We are currently seeking candidates for a permanent, full-time Investor Specialist. As part of this diverse role, the team member will work directly with clients to help them achieve their investment objectives. Direct industry experience is a requirement...Read More
Lessons From a Legend
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on April 29, 2013
Lori and I attended a Celebration of Life for Art Phillips last Friday. (There was a wonderful obituary in the Globe and Mail last week.) Art founded Phillips, Hager & North in 1965 with the help of Bob Hager and Rudy North. It was Art’s reputation and wallet that got...Read More
Meet Jennifer
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on April 26, 2013
I’m pleased to introduce our newest member of the Steadyhand team, Jennifer Lacuesta. Jennifer is taking on the role of Client Service Administrator. She has close to 10 years of industry experience, having worked at Deutsche Bank (in the Philippines), GrowthWorks, and Haywood Securities. Jennifer will be playing an important role in many of our client service and trading functions, from processing...
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Fixed Income = Broken Sentiment?
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on April 25, 2013
My last post on gold spoke to the impact of investor sentiment on security prices. In the case of the shiny metal, sentiment is everything. As for other securities, such as bonds and stocks, it’s a secondary factor - economic fundamentals (profits)...Read More
