Comments on: Bad Investment Advice

By: The IRAte Investor » Weekly Links, March 4, 2006

The IRAte Investor » Weekly Links, March 4, 2006 — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 08:04:06 +0000

[...] Investing Intelligently has a piece on Bad Investment Advice Part 1 and Part II. It’s a story of being over-weighted in Canadian mutual funds on an “advisor’s” advice. However, most U.S. investors are equally over-weighted in U.S. equities, the the lesson is the same. [...]

By: Investing Intelligently » Blog Archive » Bad Investment Advice - Part II

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:14:01 +0000

[...] This is a continuation of the story I shared with you in “Bad Investment Advice.” If you do not have time to read the entire article, in short, a brother of a friend of mine went into TD looking to start up and RRSP, armed with some great recommendations for a balanced, well-diversififed set of index mutual funds in equities and stocks. Instead, thanks to the “advice” of one of their investment “advisors,” he came out with a 100% equity portfolio in Canadian equities because “it has done so well in the last few years.” [...]

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:11:47 +0000

Hello?

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:33:50 +0000

I’m still curious why people suggest investing so much in Canadian markets – now that the RRSP limit has been removed. As you suggest, we are not chasing previous returns here – so why be overweight in Canada?