How to Invest $100K for Passive Income
Investing 100K for passive income is not an easy feat. The problem is not the size, of course, but the word “passive”. People might have $100K available to invest (and congrats!), but there isn’t any practically helpful guide when it comes ...
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What is Quantitative Investing and How Does it Work?
We often learn about hedge funds that incorporate a strategy called quantitative investing. These are also called quant funds and were popularized in the last few decades. Believe it or not, this is not a strategy only hedge funds can use but also r...
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Dividend Investor: New Power Up Alert!
We are excited to introduce the - Dividend Investor Power-Up - a new feature on Wealthica. 🥳 This powerful tool acts as a dividend tracker and analyzes income from your stock investments, giving you a comprehensive view of your dividends and futu...
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5 Industries that Have Suffered the Most Because of Inflation: How Much Exposure Do you Have to Them?
The pressure we faced by inflation this year is not unprecedented, but surely historic. The Producer Price Index, which tracks inflation in the U.S. by measuring average selling prices increased by 11.2% in the period between December 2020 and Ma...
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TFSA vs RRSP: What’s the Difference?
As a Canadian, you are probably torn between going with a TFSA and RRSP account for savings. Both are government-registered account types that allow you to save money in a tax-efficient way but they differ as to “how”. Understanding the diffe...
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How to Avoid Outliving your Retirement Fund
One of the things that you need to do while planning for retirement is determining how long you expect your retirement to last. True, that’s easier said than done; predicting how long you will live as a retiree is not just dreadful, but also ve...
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Dividend Tracking was Never that Easy!
Dividend tracking is not a very fun activity. But it sure is necessary if you want to be certain that your investments make sense and you’re heading in the right direction. Indeed, tracking your dividends can be done through many trading p...
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Free Tickets to Canadian Financial Summit
Canada's top financial experts are coming together to help you save more, invest better and worry less. The summit is designed to give you actionable advice through engaging seminars. Wealthica will be speaking at the summit to talk about our platfor...
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Here’s Something Better than the RBC Direct Investing App
The RBC Direct Investing app has delivered the luxury of monitoring your investments on the go. If you’re a short-term trader, this may be significantly beneficial, indeed. But what if your net worth isn’t tied in securities and cash held on ...
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Wealthica vs Mint: Net Worth Trackers Compared
I was using Mint for a number of years and have been a Wealthica user for around three years. Initially, I thought that there was not much comparison between Wealthica vs Mint, but in reality they are quite different. Although they are both net wort...
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FDATA North America Releases Report On Competition Issues Around Open Banking in Canada
On July 17, the Financial Data and Technology Association (FDATA) of North America released a paper on competition issues around customer-directed finance (often referred to as "Open Banking") and the financial data access competitive landscape in Ca...
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Banking+Investment: Effortlessly Track All Accounts In One Place
We're bringing you even more ways to effortlessly track all accounts in one place. Late last year, we quietly introduced support for banking institutions as a beta, so you could track your global wealth across all your financial accounts. This fea...
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Use the Wealthsimple API to Do More: Wealthsimple and Wealthsimple Trade Enhanced
Connecting your Wealthsimple account to Wealthica has never been easier. The Wealthsimple Trade and Wealthsimple API allow you to easily connect your account to Wealthica securely with just a few clicks. This means you no longer need to enter your cr...
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Move Over ‘Open Banking’, Say Hi to ‘Consumer-Directed Finance’
About a year ago, I reported on the Department of Finance Canada launching a public consultation on the merits of open banking. On January 31, 2020, Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, released the findings from the first phase of the review by the A...
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Could Canada’s Digital Charter Be a Game Changer for Open Banking?
In May 2019, Navdeep Bains, Canada's federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, announced a Digital Charter which enumerates 10 principles for modernizing the rules guiding digital technology in the country. https://youtu...
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Department of Finance Canada Launching Public Consultation on Merits of Open Banking
The Department of Finance Canada has launched a public consultation on the merits of open banking. Concretely, what would open banking legislation in Canada mean for Wealthica users? It could enable easier access to your data through third party apps...
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Wealthica CEO to Speak at CFA Montréal’s “Fintech Series – The Future of Advice” Event
Simon Boulet, Wealthica's CEO, will be a speaker at the "Fintech Series - The Future of Advice" event on May 23 in downtown Montreal. Organized by CFA Montréal, the event will offer an overview of the rapidly changing financial advisory landscape du...
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Wealthica’s Partner Hardbacon Launches iOS App
On February 8, Wealthica’s partner Montreal-based startup Hardbacon launched its iPhone app, aiming to democratize investing among younger population groups. The application is compatible with a number of online brokers including BMO InvestorLine a...
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Interview With Bill and Chris Bruner, Founders of Stockchase
I had the opportunity to sit down with Bill and Chris Bruner, a father and son duo that founded the successful DIY investors community Stockchase. Recently, Wealthica acquired Stockchase, with the intention of continuing their ground-breaking work. ...
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Wealthica + Stockchase: A New Way to Discover your Next Favourite Stocks
It’s official: Wealthica has acquired Stockchase, an established online community for DIY investors. There is a wealth of information collected on the site from investment experts; many years of comments have been captured and are easily accessible...
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Google Finance Axes Portfolio Feature, Wealthica to the Rescue
Google recently announced some changes to Google Finance and its Portfolio features. The full communication from Google can be found here. They announced that from November, the portfolio tracking feature will be discontinued. If you use Google Fi...
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You have been thinking about momentum investing strategies?
Moneysense writing about Momentum strategies... Momentum strategies involve investing in stocks that have displayed a recent short term positive trend in a certain quality such as price, earnings, profitability, etc. For the most part, momentum co...
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