COLUMN: Wealth advice from Jennifer Rideout, Assante Capital
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COLUMN: Wealth advice from Jennifer Rideout, Assante Capital
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Estate Planning During Covid-19 Understandably, the Covid-19 pandemic has led many people to think about estate planning. The trouble, of course, is that the traditional approaches to…
COLUMN: the Financial Media can be harmful to your wealth
By Jennifer Rideout, Wealth Advisor, Assante Nowadays, it’s pretty much impossible to avoid talk of the markets. There are 24/7 cable channels devoted to investing and business, newspaper articles and…
COLUMN: Costs matter
By Jennifer Rideout, Wealth Advisor, Assante It’s natural for investors to be focused on costs. Higher costs eat into your returns, leaving you with less money at the end of…
COLUMN: Big names don’t mean big gains
By Jennifer Rideout, Wealth Advisor, Assante In the world of finance, the media tends to cover the “big names” with awe. They dutifully record the pronouncements of billionaire investors, and…
COLUMN: Behavioural Biases and Investing
People, by their nature, are biased. Another way of saying this is that everyone tends to preference some things over others, sometimes unfairly. Perhaps you’re biased towards one sports team.…
COLUMN: Wealth advice from Jennifer Rideout, Assante Capital
Avoid These Common Investment Errors What do investing and tennis have in common? We could probably come up with a few similarities, but avoiding unforced errors has to be top…
COLUMN: Wealth advice from Jennifer Rideout, Assante Capital
Only Take Risks Worth Taking It’s a truism of investing: there’s a trade-off between the risk you take and the reward you might receive. The safer the investment, the lower…
COLUMN: Wealth advice from Jennifer Rideout, Assante Capital
A Loss vs. A Decline (There’s a Big Difference) Imagine it’s November 2008 and two people are looking at their portfolios. They both see that the stock market has fallen…
COLUMN: Wealth advice from Jennifer Rideout, Assante Capital
Being Mindful: Understanding How Our Brains Affect Our Investing Human beings are inherently psychological creatures. We get worked up watching our favourite sports teams and cry during sad movies. And…