Alan MacDonald

Market peaks shouldn’t be scary

It’s hard to open a financial newspaper, check your social media feed or even listen to the...

The importance of finding better problems

Last year, we had the folks from a very successful organization come into Ottawa to facilitate a...

An investor checklist for 2024

Ottawa investment expert Alan McDonald of RBC Dominion gives us an investor checklist to follow in 2024.

Why optimism is the only realistic outlook

It’s tough being an optimist these days. The political culture wars are driving friends, families and countries apart....

Staying put in a tough market is hard: Trying to time the market is worse

Investors have been on quite the roller coaster over the last five years. We’ve had three bear...

Fat tails and the precautionary principle: How Isaac Newton lost his shirt in the stock market

Sir Isaac Newton was a mathematician, physicist and philosopher who was considered by many to be the...

How to get a perpetual seven per cent return on your investment capital

One way you can lock in today’s high rates of return forever is by adding some perpetual preferred shares to your portfolio.

Too many investors fear longevity too little – and market volatility too much

In 1993, the cost to mail a letter in Canada was 43 cents. Today (assuming anyone were...

Cheap and boring: Why the least exciting stocks look pretty good right now

Mark Twain has been credited with saying that “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” In...

When is the right time to exercise stock options or sell stock in your company?

One of the most frequent questions I get from clients who own their own companies, or who...
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