Equities tend to go up in the long term measured in decades. This is true for most equity markets. Many studies have shown the US equities for instance have yielded positive returns in more years than negative returns. Canadian stocks have also performed in a similar fashion. In the years from 1948 to 2020, Canadian …
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The Periodic Table of Annual Returns for Canadians has been updated for 2022 by Stingy Investor. This table shows the performance of various asset classes by year in Canadian dollars. The chart below shows the returns from 2012 to 2022. For earlier year returns click on the link and you can use the arrows to …
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I came across the following infographic on Canadian Citizenship data in 2021. It interesting to note that the US and UK are the top two countries of birth of Canadian citizens by descent. Similarly among Canadian citizens by birth who own dual citizenship are with the US and UK. Click to enlarge Source: Statscan
The population of Canada is 38.25 million according to The World Bank per Google. In 2021, the country had 788 homicides. This represents 2.06 homicides per 100,000 population. To put this figure in perspective, the US had a population of 332 million in 2021. Last year there were 22,900 homicides in the country according to …
I have written many times before that time in the market is more critical than timing the market. When markets are volatile such as these days it is tempting to sell out everything to cut down the losses and then buy back at a later date when prices are at their lowest. Though this strategy …
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