Investing in Canadian Dividend Kings (sometimes known as Dividend Aristocrats) tends to come back into fashion when bond yields and GIC rates start to go down. With safer assets generating so lit...
Is Questrade Safe & Secure? One of the most common questions that I have gotten in the comments below is: Is investing my money through a Questrade online brokerage account safe? Is Questrade as ...
EQ Bank Account Options and Interest Rates Account Type Interest Rate Best For Daily High Interest Account 2.25%* (Plus 1.75% if you direct deposit your pay) People who want the highest consisten...
With summer firmly in the rearview mirror, and the first signs of winter beginning to creep in, it’s time to update our look at the best Canadian Dividend Stocks for October 2024. Each month I ...
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Justwealth and Wealthsimple are the #1 and #2 options on our newly-updated best robo advisors in Canada for 2024 list. Because Wealthsimple is more of a tech-first company, and Justwealth is more...
https://milliondollarjourney.com/wealthsimple-vs-justwealth.htm
What Is Qtrade Direct Investing? Is it Legit? Qtrade Direct Investing is part of Aviso Wealth, a national financial services company owned by the Credit Union Centrals, CUMIS and Desjardins. Avis...
As Canadians hang on to the last vestiges of fall, the competition among Canada’s best online brokerages is really heating up! One of the first posts that I wrote for Million Dollar Journey bac...
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I’m a huge fan of robo advisors, and BMO’s robo advisor: SmartFolio is no exception to that. If you’re not familiar with robo advisors the basic idea is that you will determine your overall...
https://milliondollarjourney.com/online-portfolio-manager-review-bmo-smartfolio.htm
Canada’s all-in-one ETFs (also called portfolio ETFs) have been the single most important investment product innovation since I’ve started writing about this stuff nearly two decades ago. The...
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Now that second quarter earnings are in, I felt like it was an optimal time to update our 2024 Canadian bank stocks article. Ever since I started this website back in 2008, Canadian bank stocks h...
https://milliondollarjourney.com/dividend-investing-canadian-bank-stocks.htm
When I initially wrote this article about building RRSP wealth in your 30s, 40s, and 50s, my goal was to create an easy visual that illustrates just how much you would have to begin saving today ...
https://milliondollarjourney.com/building-a-1000000-rrsp-starting-in-your-30s-40s-and-50s.htm
What is Wealthsimple? Wealthsimple was founded back in 2014 by Michael Katchen, Brett Huneycutt and Rudy Adler. I gotta say that I really liked the company more in its first few years than in its...
Canada’s best robo advisors are an excellent investing solution for the many folks who are intimidated by the thought of buying and selling shares on their own – but who don’t want to pay t...
https://milliondollarjourney.com/best-canadian-robo-advisors.htm
Why Justwealth? As I’ve updated my Justwealth review over the years, they have risen from a solid-but-not-elite option to the best robo advisor in Canada. How did they do it? By focusing on wha...
What is Oaken Financial? What is Oaken Financial? Oaken Financial is a digital bank owned by Home Trust Company, which is a subsidiary of Home Capital Group Inc. (one of Canada’s largest trus...
Welcome to the Million Dollar Journey August 2024 Financial Freedom Update – the first update of the year! If you would like to follow my whole financial journey, you can get my updates sent...
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For many DIY investors the Wealthsimple vs Questrade comparison comes down to fees – but there are several other points of comparison that are worth considering given how important choosing you...
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With Canadian dividend stocks facing significant pressure this year, many readers are asking me what are the safest stocks in Canada right now. Given the volatility affecting traditional favorite...
Because I’ve written a lot about the Best Canadian ETFs and the top dividend ETFs, I tend to get a lot of questions and comments asking me about the MER and taxes on ETFs that hold equities fro...
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Back when I first started writing about personal finance back in 2005, the Best ETFs in Canada ranking was a pretty short list! There was no such thing as a Canadian all-in-one ETF (also called p...