Comments on: Sleepy Passive Index ETF up 14.7% in 2006 http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/01/01/sleepy-passive-index-etf-up-147-in-2006/ Not just another (Canadian) financial blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Canadian Capitalist » Do as I say, Not as I do? http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/01/01/sleepy-passive-index-etf-up-147-in-2006/#comment-4582 Canadian Capitalist » Do as I say, Not as I do? Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:49:53 +0000 http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/01/01/sleepy-passive-index-etf-up-147-in-2006/#comment-4582 [...] Dave at Investing Intelligently noticed that my benchmark Sleepy Portfolio returned a stellar 14.7% in 2006 and asked the obvious question: Why do I even bother with individual stocks instead of taking a passive approach using ETFs? It is a good question and as a matter of fact, I am slowly increasing the percentage of portfolio that is indexed. However, there are some very good reasons why I am not getting there sooner: [...] [...] Dave at Investing Intelligently noticed that my benchmark Sleepy Portfolio returned a stellar 14.7% in 2006 and asked the obvious question: Why do I even bother with individual stocks instead of taking a passive approach using ETFs? It is a good question and as a matter of fact, I am slowly increasing the percentage of portfolio that is indexed. However, there are some very good reasons why I am not getting there sooner: [...]

]]> By: Canadian Capitalist http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/01/01/sleepy-passive-index-etf-up-147-in-2006/#comment-4552 Canadian Capitalist Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:17:12 +0000 http://www.investingintelligently.com/2007/01/01/sleepy-passive-index-etf-up-147-in-2006/#comment-4552 I'll post about the details of my plan: - become completely indexed in bonds, US and International equities. - I will pick stocks to represent my Canadian equity allocation. - Most of my US equities were purchased years ago; I will be selling them as opportunity presents and buy ETFs with the proceeds. - as I mentioned in my report card, a bigger % of our portfolios is now indexed compared to last year. I’ll post about the details of my plan:

- become completely indexed in bonds, US and International equities.
- I will pick stocks to represent my Canadian equity allocation.
- Most of my US equities were purchased years ago; I will be selling them as opportunity presents and buy ETFs with the proceeds.
- as I mentioned in my report card, a bigger % of our portfolios is now indexed compared to last year.

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