investment

Discover the value of investing early by considering RESPs, RRSPs, and TFSAs, all of which can add long-term value for investors
What is risk tolerance in investing? The amount of risk you can or are willing to take in relation to potential returns. Diversification is one way to cut risk, but we have a lot more tips for you
Exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) have taken the investment world by storm.


In Canada, ETF assets under management have grown by 150% over the past five years, from $77 billion to $192 billion. At the same time, the number of ETFs has doubled. Robust growth was also evident in the U.S....
TD Asset Management has added 10 new ETFs to its roster of funds. We highlight two of these ETFs for you below: Both aim to give investors broad international exposure.


The TD ACTIVE GLOBAL REAL ESTATE ETF (Toronto symbol TGRE) invests in real estate companies around the world....
The broad Vietnamese stock market, as measured by the FTSE Vietnam All Share Index, has done very well over the longer term, gaining 71% over the five years ending October 31, 2019. By comparison, the VanEck Vietnam ETF lost 3.1% over the same period. This is a large performance gap and requires some explanation.


First, not all companies listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange are available for investment by foreigners....
The Vietnamese stock market has done well over the past five years, but limitations on foreign investment in the country’s public companies have caused the VanEck Vietnam ETF to lag behind.


However, the fund is one of the only ways for investors to gain exposure to the top Vietnamese companies....
Fund management expenses (MERs) can eat up a substantial proportion of your investment returns over time. That’s one reason why ETFs have become very popular. But there’s a segment of those funds with even lower MERs. Below, we analyze three of those ETFs providing investors with low-cost, broad-market exposure to Canadian, U.S....
The HORIZONS BETAPRO MARIJUANA 2X DAILY BULL ETF $2.85 (Toronto symbol HMJU) is certain to get your attention. It promises to deliver 200% of the daily return of the North American Marijuana Index.


The ETF launched in May 2019 and has attracted $7 million in assets despite its whopping 1.45% MER.


Marijuana stocks have performed poorly over the past 6 months, and this fund has collapsed from its initial offer price of $20 a unit to the current $2.85....
TD BANK, $75.67, is still a buy. Investors in the bank (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $137.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 3.9%; www.td.com) should now gain from the sale of its 43%-owned TD Ameritrade Holding Corp....
PENGROWTH ENERGY, $0.055, is a sell for our subscribers. The troubled energy producer (Toronto symbol PGF; Shares outstanding: 547.4 million; Market cap: $28.0 million; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; No dividends paid; www.pengrowth.com) has two main properties: its Lindbergh oil sands project in Alberta, and its Groundbirch natural gas property in northeastern B.C.


Pengrowth has now accepted a takeover offer....