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How We Build Investment Portfolios

The following sneak peek into our “pension-style” investment process comes from our forthcoming new website…more to follow! Below we detail how we manage our CommonWealth Portfolios.  We do this work for our clients so they can invest with confidence. Our Pension-Style Investment Process: First, we use multiple statistical metrics and strict quantitative criteria to test...
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8 Tips for Financial Success

Here is a short article with some solid financial advice: https://dfpi.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/337/2019/06/8_Tips_for_Financial_Success.pdf 8 Tips For Financial Success Article Summary: 1. Choose Carefully. 2. Invest In Yourself. 3. Plan Your Spending. 4. Save, Save More, and Keep Saving. 5. Put Yourself on a Budget. 6. Learn to Invest. 7. Credit Can Be Your Friend, or Enemy. 8....
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Longevity and Wealth: Connections

Researchers have long known of the correlation linking health, wealth and longevity. Financial preparedness can increase both lifespan and healthspan. 
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50 Things a Professional Financial Advisor Can Do For You

Here's a list of some things that professional Financial Advisors can do for you
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Portfolio Risk vs Return Chart

By showing the returns of various portfolios (Vertical Axis) against their level of risk (Horizontal Axis) you can get a more accurate picture how real portfolios are actually functioning
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Navigating Volatile Financial Markets

A professionally managed, diversified, CommonWealth multi-fund portfolio can help you navigate volatile financial markets.
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Canadian 2024 Budget Update

Please find an update on the Canadian 2024 Budget:   https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:c02da49e-3a3c-49fa-a710-65c91ca16b80 Call us if you have any questions!
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Complimentary Portfolio Comparison Report

Do you ever wonder how your portfolio compares to other portfolios?
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Beware of Tied Selling

some financial advisors require clients to buy products exclusively from their own organization
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Active versus Passive Investing

While index funds cost less than actively-managed mutual funds and they are both “diversified” we think index funds have some surprising drawbacks.  Consider these four important disadvantages of index funds:  1.    Index funds may not provide as much diversification as one thinks. Nortel’s weighting within the TSX (Canada’s main stock market index) grew from an initial 3%...
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