Why Is it So Damn Hard to Get Good Returns on Your Investments?

Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 4:48 p.m.

Today on the ThinkSmart Podcast, Senior Financial Advisors Rob McClelland and Mike Connon discuss the many ways you can unintentionally lose money on your investments. It's astonishing to realize that just a few of these seemingly minor mistakes can be extremely costly to your portfolio.\n\n\n\nDon't Miss Our In-PersonEvening Speaker Series\nWhy Your Investment Portfolio is Always UnderperformingSeptember 28thThornhill Golf and Country Club7994 Yonge Street, Thornhill, ON L4J 1W3Doors Open for Registration and Dinner at 5:45 pmSpeakers begin at 6:30 pm\n\n\n\xa0\nClient Registration\xa0\n\xa0\nGuest Registration\xa0\n\xa0\n\n(01:19): Those small mistakes can be costly.(04:06): Active or passive strategy?(05:09): What\xa0do returns look like for the\xa0most common Canadian portfolio mixes?(06:23): What about GICs?(06:31): Why rebalance a portfolio?(06:47): What\u2019s the cost of not rebalancing?(08:02): Moving to a conservative portfolio.(08:44): Continuous savings plans are essential.(09:25): Don\u2019t get caught up with insider information.(13:14): What you pay in fees matters.(15:03): Trying to time when you enter\xa0the market never works.(15:52): Moving to cash out of fear.