Nancy Graham, PWL Capital Investment Advisor - CA and Registered financial planner in the Ottawa, Ontario region – a Canadian portrait.

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February 2, 2012

Looking for yield? Some tips on what to look for.

In today’s environment of low interest rates, investors are looking outside of fixed income to find yield.  In my  discussion with Jason McIntyre of CFRA we talk about yield, risk and how your own capital may be recycled back to you and described as yield.

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December 16, 2011

The Value Factor

In this interview, Jason McIntyre of CFRA’s Business at Night and I discuss the ‘value factor’. As part of our ongoing series ‘the science of investing’ we talk about the very important research done by Eugene Fama and Ken French on how markets produce returns for investors, and how to make use of this information in your portfolio.

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November 25, 2011

How we are wired to get investing wrong and what to do about it

We have heard a lot of negative information lately – about economies, debt levels of governments, unemployment.  This can affect our very human decision making – as we become pessimistic and forecast that the gloom will go on. This is called ‘recency bias’ and it can get your retirement plan seriously off course.  Listen here where Jason McIntyre of CFRA’s Business at Night and I discuss recency bias and how to keep it in check so you don’t become a ‘buy high, sell low’ investor.

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November 13, 2011

Are your perceptions costing you money?

In an era where more and more of us must manage and invest for our own retirement, this study finds we may overestimate our success as investors.  Listen here for my ‘Science of Investing’ discussion with Jason McIntyre of CFRA.  We discuss what investors may or may not know about their own portfolio performance and how to find out what is really going on.

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October 14, 2011

Do short selling bans protect investors?

In recent months several European countries have banned short selling of certain financial firms. This intervention can lead some investors to believe that short selling practices are driving market volatility. I explore this issue with Jason McIntyre of CFRA’s Business at Night as part of our ongoing series The Science of Investing.

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