The Recovery Continues Filed Under: Investment Services | Portfolio Management | Special Reports and Newsletters | Total Client Experience | Wealth Management Published by Alexander Tjiang on Aug 04, 2020 In this month's Investor Strategy, we go through: Market recap Flipped radical Gold and the dollar Preferred shares & new bank capital Managed Portfolios & currency exposure Click HERE Read more
Performance Chasing? Fight The Urge Filed Under: Financial Planning | Investment Services | Portfolio Management | Wealth Management Published by Alexander Tjiang on Jul 27, 2020 In this week’s Ethos we take a look performance chasing. Retail investors have become more active in trading individual equities, reminiscent of the late 1990s. Plus, in the Canadian equity fund/ETF universe, past performance is not a great metric for... Read more
Feeling A Little Loonie Filed Under: Investment Services | Portfolio Management | Special Reports and Newsletters | Wealth Management Published by Alexander Tjiang on Jul 20, 2020 In this week’s Ethos Derek takes a tour of the various forces at work on the Canadian dollar. Pandemic, recession, oil, monetary intervention, fiscal spending galore, there certainly are many moving parts. Click HERE Read more
The Market & The Economy: Two Very Different Tales Filed Under: Investment Services | Portfolio Management | Special Reports and Newsletters | Wealth Management Published by Alexander Tjiang on Jul 13, 2020 With the market and economy marching to different drums so far in 2020, we share a longer term perspective on the economy & market relationship plus some of the more recent factors contributing to this divergence. Click HERE Read more
Opening Up Filed Under: Investment Services | Portfolio Management | Special Reports and Newsletters | Wealth Management Published by Alexander Tjiang on Jul 06, 2020 This month’s investor strategy has taken on a new look – more direct to the point, more asset allocation focused and now landscape!! Market recap Asset Allocation – tapping the brakes Int Equity – divergent stages of opening Equity – getting a bit smaller... Read more
What's Wrong With My Divs? Filed Under: Financial Planning | Investment Services | Portfolio Management | Wealth Management Published by Alexander Tjiang on Jun 29, 2020 Dividend strategies, that normally hold up better in times of volatility, didn’t so far in 2020. In fact many dividend strategies followed the market down and didn’t rebound nearly as much. In this Ethos we dive into divs, discussing why they lost their... Read more
Gold Re-Up Filed Under: Investment Services | Portfolio Management Published by Alexander Tjiang on Jun 22, 2020 Gold has been staging a resurgence over the past year or so, accelerated by the pandemic. In the last few weeks, gold stocks have given back some of their recent gains. In this Ethos we dive into gold from a portfolio allocation perspective and share... Read more
Alts get a B+ Filed Under: Financial Planning | Investment Services | Portfolio Management | Total Client Experience Published by Alexander Tjiang on Jun 15, 2020 This was a fast bear and a big bounce. In this Ethos we dive back into the Alts space focusing on return dispersion and how many of the volatility management strategies did during the recent market volatility. Click HERE Read more
Behavioural Mistakes Abound Published by Alexander Tjiang on Jun 08, 2020 The markets have gone through a lot in 2020, from highs to lows and back again, weathering a pandemic, a recession and civil unrest. Combine this with investor emotional stress caused both by health concerns and the impact of social distancing, this year... Read more
Novel Recession Filed Under: Financial Planning | Investment Services | Portfolio Management | Wealth Management Published by Alexander Tjiang on Jun 01, 2020 Lots in this month’s investor strategy. Executive summary: Market recap – The bounce continues: Market recovery continued in May while boring bonds were very narrowly rangebound. An encouraging note: equity market leadership has been broadening beyond... Read more