investing
Investing is the act of purchasing assets with the expectation that they will appreciate in value or generate income over time, ultimately helping to grow your wealth.
Investing involves buying assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, or other financial instruments with the goal of earning a return. This return can come in the form of capital gains (when the asset increases in value) or income (such as dividends or interest payments).
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Many households and even some individuals have five or 10 separate investment accounts. It’s something we see with many of our new portfolio management clients when they first come to us. We also see evidence of it in emails we receive from some of our IC members.
Those investment accounts run the gamut from RRSPs (regular and spousal), TFSAs and other registered accounts to personal and joint accounts, corporate accounts, LIRAs from past employment, children’s and trust accounts, and so on.
In addition, some investors have one or more of what you might call “legacy” accounts. These are accounts with brokers you no longer do business with, but you never quite get around to transferring.
This fragmented-portfolio situation is more common than you’d guess. In fact, it’s a phenomenon frequently associated with decades of self-directed investing.
Those investment accounts run the gamut from RRSPs (regular and spousal), TFSAs and other registered accounts to personal and joint accounts, corporate accounts, LIRAs from past employment, children’s and trust accounts, and so on.
In addition, some investors have one or more of what you might call “legacy” accounts. These are accounts with brokers you no longer do business with, but you never quite get around to transferring.
This fragmented-portfolio situation is more common than you’d guess. In fact, it’s a phenomenon frequently associated with decades of self-directed investing.
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