How to cut risk among financial stocks

Collectively, U.S. banks and insurance companies have performed well over the past year, beating the S&P 500 by a comfortable margin. Canadian financials also produced a strong performance. Still, banks generally have high debt, which occasionally can cause significant share price drops. We’ve always said… Read More

Use diversity to cap volatility of Financial ETFs

Banks and insurance companies have performed strongly over the past year, easily beating the main market indices. However, banks, in particular, use a lot of debt to boost returns, and are prone to volatility when they encounter problems.
We’ve always said most investors should diversify within… Read More