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Personally, I have made large changes to my lifestyle and reduced my carbon footprint substantially. Your turn.

God damn what a hot list.

The “radicals”. :rolleyes: Take off the tinfoil hat.

All of you are forgetting the "safe" element of the OP's question.

lol!

I don't have a problem with putting money into a deposit product, but calling Equitable "no risk" is a stretch. Just look what happened to Home Trust 2 years ago. Deposit enough to be covered by CDIC insurance, ok, that's no risk. Anything above the insurance amount, you re relying on the...

If you like this particular portfolio, how else would you get the same exposure?

Right now they're mutual funds (A and F class) that are available on all platforms. But my understanding is that like most fund companies, they will be coming out with an ETF version soon, if not already.

I won't shed a tear.

Is it me or are the suggestions in here contrary to the goals of the OP? If you're bullish on REITs, great, but he specifically says he wants to hold "cash for a year or two". These recommendations are not "cash" or its equivalent. For me, a nice replacement for cash has been the IA...

Under a million, you'll pay at least 1% and probably more. Depends on what the manager is using. If it's 3rd party funds like MFs and ETFs you'll pay a lower management fee. If he/she is the stock picker, it could be as high as 2%. Over a million to invest you normally start seeing breaks in...

Manulife is like any other large IIROC firm. They have good and bad teams, so you can't say with a blanket statement that a Manulife account will be better or worse than elsewhere. For the record, one of their best and largest teams just left and started their own firm. I know Elie Nour...

There are very few clearing houses in Canada and so very few options. Most bank-owned brokerages self-clear. But banks are notoriously averse to risk. I doubt any of them would accept this security. Other smaller brokerages usually clear through a clearing house like National Bank Custody or...

It will. Just be patient. Play the long game. Save your money. The opportunity will come, if you will be ready. Don't rush into this overpriced market.

Risky how? I love my bb KeyOne.