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So, why not just concentrate your investments in these biggest and most exciting companies? Between their extraordinary recent returns and their world-changing products and services, it’s easy to believe this time is different, and these are the only stocks you need to own.

Welcome back to our series on currency-hedged equity ETFs. In our last post, BlackRock’s Steven Leong and I described how and why these securities work, and touched on when they might appeal to an investor.

In Episode 8 of the Canadian Portfolio Manager Podcast, Justin starts off by answering a listener question regarding the currency exposure of two U.S. equity ETFs in the CPM model portfolios. Steven Leong, of BlackRock Canada, also drops in to provide his currency insights throughout the episode.

In case you’ve been feeling a little cooped up lately, what better time to press our Spaceballs-inspired accelerator past Light and Ridiculous, and into a Ludicrous level of model portfolio complexity?

Welcome back to the Canadian Portfolio Manager podcast, where we’ll continue on with our Spaceballs-inspired exploration of the new CPM model portfolios. I’m your host, Justin Bender, and in today’s episode, we’ll introduce our moderately complicated Ridiculous portfolios.

In an epic scene from Spaceballs, Dark Helmet recklessly pushes his ship past Ludicrous speed and into Plaid. In the process, he way overshoots Lone Starr’s Winnebago Eagle 5, leaving a colourful, checkered display in his wake. Lone Starr’s co-pilot Barf marvels, “They’ve gone to plaid”.

Welcome back! We’ve now pressed our Spaceballs-inspired accelerator past Light and Ridiculous, and have reached a Ludicrous level of model portfolio complexity.

Welcome back to our Spaceballs-inspired exploration of the Canadian Portfolio Manager’s (CPM’s) latest four model portfolios. Our models now range from our simple (but not simplistic!) Light portfolios, to our bordering-on-insanely complicated Plaid portfolios. Today, we’ll introduce our moderately complicated Ridiculous portfolios.

When I first watched Star Wars, I thought it would be impossible to improve on its perfection. What a blast it was! But that was before I became a huge fan of the Spaceballs spoof of the same. Likewise, as fond as we are of the original Canadian Portfolio Manager (CPM) model ETF portfolios, you may have noticed we’ve made some big changes lately. Most notably, there are now four CPM portfolio levels of complexity to choose from: Light, Ridiculous, Ludicrous, or Plaid.

Gold is often touted as a safe haven to protect you from inflation, market crashes, anarchy, and even the collapse of fiat currencies. It’s often cited as having a negative correlation with stocks and a positive correlation with inflation, making it sound like an excellent diversifying asset to hold in your portfolio.