Alan MacDonald

It’s tough not to be a little worried these days. Between rising threats of inflation, new strains of COVID-19 on the horizon and the terrible

Are we about to relive the dot-com era?

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It’s said that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. I’m old enough to have lived through more than a few major stock market

Market peaks shouldn’t be scary

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It’s hard to open a financial newspaper, check your social media feed or even listen to the news these days without hearing someone talking about

What do stocks, gold and Bitcoin have in common?

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Stocks, gold and Bitcoin. At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be anything similar between these three incredibly different assets. Bitcoin doesn’t exist anywhere except

Managing your portfolio only gets tougher after you retire

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For most of us, investing is all about saving money and building as much wealth as we can while we’re still working. But for many

Winning by not losing

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It’s official: the SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) has landed. For those of you not familiar with SPACs, they’re the latest investing craze sweeping the

How much should a young person save?

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I had a great question from a young client the other day. While the question itself seems simple enough, the answer is far from easy.

The impact of innovation – on hips, and on the markets

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Two weeks ago, I had both of my hips replaced. While this wasn’t the most fun way I could think of to spend a few

Is the market too expensive?

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I’ve been in the financial services business for over 37 years now. In all that time, the one and only headline I’ve yet to see

Are you invested in being right?

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One of the worst bad habits I’ve seen many investors exhibit is a tendency to focus on all the reasons why what they’re doing should