Cheap and boring: Why the least exciting stocks look pretty good right now

 July 31, 2023 |Alan MacDonald
Mark Twain has been credited with saying that “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” In my experience, this sage observation is particularly fitting when it comes to stock markets and the behaviour of investors. In the 1960s and 1970s,...
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When is the right time to exercise stock options or sell stock in your company?

 June 12, 2023 |Alan MacDonald
One of the most frequent questions I get from clients who own their own companies, or who have a significant portion of their money tied up in a single stock, is when is the right time to sell some (or most) of those stocks to diversify their holdings...
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An Investor checklist for 2023

 February 27, 2023 |Alan MacDonald
An investor checklist for 2023 The first month of the New Year is officially behind us. Traditionally, this is the time when all our well-meaning resolutions are forgotten until next January rolls around, and our old habits start to rear their ugly heads...
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How to get a perpetual 6.5 per cent return on your investment capital

 November 15, 2022 |Alan MacDonald
Many investors these days are wondering how they can capitalize on the incredible run-up we’ve been seeing in interest rates lately. According to the RBC Strategy Committee, the current high rates will probably be with us for a while. But with ongoing...
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What do stocks, gold and Bitcoin have in common?

 January 21, 2022 |Alan MacDonald
Stocks, gold and Bitcoin. At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be anything similar between these three incredibly different assets. Bitcoin doesn’t exist anywhere except on the Internet. Gold is a physical commodity. And stocks represent ownership shares...
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Winning by not losing

 November 29, 2021 |Alan MacDonald
It’s official: the SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) has landed. For those of you not familiar with SPACs, they’re the latest investing craze sweeping the global markets. And as with so many crazes, the closer you look at them, the less of a...
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How much should a young person save?

 October 26, 2021 |Alan MacDonald
I had a great question from a young client the other day. While the question itself seems simple enough, the answer is far from easy. The client in question is a young professional in her late twenties who is embarking on an exciting career. We talked...
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The impact of innovation - on hips, and on the markets

 September 27, 2021 |Alan MacDonald
Two weeks ago, I had both of my hips replaced. While this wasn’t the most fun way I could think of to spend a few beautiful summer days, it did teach me a couple things. First, I got to find out why so many seniors put tennis balls on the bottoms of their...
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Is the market too expensive?

 August 25, 2021 |Alan MacDonald
I’ve been in the financial services business for over 37 years now. In all that time, the one and only headline I’ve yet to see grace the top of any financial news section is: “the markets are too inexpensive.” On the contrary. Year after year, day in...
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Are you invested in being right?

 July 26, 2021 |Alan MacDonald
One of the worst bad habits I’ve seen many investors exhibit is a tendency to focus on all the reasons why what they’re doing should work out perfectly, rather than spending any time exploring why it might not. In behavioural finance circles, this is...
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