successful investing

At first glance, managing an investment portfolio may resemble prize fighting, with an investor bobbing and weaving to get the upper hand on the market. But for successful investors, good portfolio management is much more like a multi-dimensional tightrope act. And you must be able to perform these 4 balancing acts to succeed.

Our investment advice is that your in-the-limelight holdings are the ones you need to watch most closely. When investor expectations are high, it pays to be skeptical and wary.

In 1994, I launched The Successful Investor with two goals in mind.

First, I wanted to create an investment advisory service that would deliver profitable, easy-to-read investing advice to Canadians at low cost. The advice had to reflect our three keys to successful investing: invest mainly in high-quality companies; diversify; and avoid investment fads....

investing for beginners advice- Whether you’re a beginning or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific investment tips

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you our specific advice on successful investing. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental piece of investing advice and shows you how you can put it into practice right away. Tip of the week: “Index-linked GICs are one of the newer investment products that promise safety but usually deliver more in fees and commissions than in profits for investors.”...

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a beginning or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific investment advice. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental piece of strategy, such as stock trading advice, and shows you how you can put it into practice right away....

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific advice on successful investing, and on successful retirement planning. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental tip and shows you how you can put it into practice right away. Tip of the week: “When you’re planning your retirement, make sure that you haven’t based your future income on over-optimistic calculations that will leave you short.”...

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you stock advice and other tips on successful investing. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental tip and shows you how you can put it into practice right away....

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific advice on successful investing, including the best approach to investing in real estate. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental tip and shows you how you can put it into practice right away....

Investors who are still years away from retirement are often plagued by a nagging fear. When they stop working, there won’t be enough income coming in.

This underlines the fact that successful retirement planning begins well before you approach retirement age. There is one plan that we have found is more effective than any other in preparing a secure retirement. It begins during your working years.

Dollar-cost averaging helps you buy more shares at low prices

The best retirement plan you can have is to start saving as early in your working career as possible. You then invest a steady or rising amount of that money in the stock market every year. When you follow this plan, you automatically profit from dollar-cost averaging. You will automatically buy more shares when prices are low, and fewer shares when prices are high

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