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It will likely be no surprise to dividend investors that the Beat the TSX (BTSX) portfolio lagged its benchmark index in 2024. BCE (BCE Inc.), a stalwart dividend stock for decades, has been crushed to prices not seen since 2010. And Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN) continued the brutal slide it began in 2022, with another dividend cut and accompanying price drop.

I wrote an article titled, The Latest Approach to Constructing Investment Portfolios, in May 2007 for Canadian MoneySaver. In that article, I showed two key concepts. First, how incredibly connected the world’s equity markets are. The direction of global markets plays a vital role in determining the course of the TSX or the S&P 500. World equity markets do not move in a vacuum.

The interlude between Thanksgiving and Christmas can stretch on too long for those of us who love to feast on turkey with all the trimmings. But it can be a good time to gorge on stocks instead.

That’s why I’m pleased to offer hungry investors a feast of Stingy Stocks, which continues a Canadian MoneySaver tradition that spans more than two decades.

I’m a 55-year-old woman nearing retirement. I’m thinking about using Chat GPT for planning my long-term asset mix, but I’m worried about bias. What is your view on using generative AI (GenAI) in this context?

As a general rule, for the majority of use cases, experts suggest we use AI as a guide rather than a source of accurate responses.