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  • Finance for Humans

    Canadians Say They Need $1.7M to Retire. We Calculated How to Get There

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    How Do I Diversify, Anyway?

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    The Bond Market Fell, Hard. An Explainer for Normal Humans

Money & the World

How 2023 Cracked Wall Street’s Crystal Ball

Finance for Humans

We Have a Fancy New Way to Diversify Your Portfolio — And It Targets a 9% Yield

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Finance for Humans

Why the Asset Bubble Popped, All at Once

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Money & the World

The Story of the Stock Market, Told by Five Companies

Money & the World

Why Do We Think Stock Markets Will Go Up Over Time, Anyway?

Finance for Humans

Nine Ways to Be Smart When the Market Goes Down

Finance for Humans

Why Most Eco-Friendly Investment Funds Really Aren’t That Eco-Friendly

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Only Want to Invest in Companies That Can Meet the Paris Accords Guidelines? We Did That For You

Finance for Humans

What You Really Need to Know About IPOs

Finance for Humans

What is Wealthsimple and How Does it Actually Work?

Money & the World

GME, Doge, Supreme: How Getting Rich Went Full Internet

Money & the World

Data: Who Really Traded GME? Why? And What Happened to Them?

Finance for Humans

What if I Missed the Entire Bull Market?

Money & the World

We All Went a Little Crazy on Tesla Stock. And That Tells Us a Lot

Finance for Humans

If Stocks Are So Great, Shouldn’t I Only Have Stocks?

Money & the World

What Does it Mean to be a “Millionaire” Now?

Money & the World

Most of Our Clients are Men. We Wanted to Figure Out the Problem.

Money & the World

A Deep (But Not TOO Deep) Explanation of What We Mean by 'Diversification'

Finance for Humans

Should I Be Using Dollar-Cost Averaging? (And, Um, What Is It?)

Finance for Humans

Canadians in America: A Comprehensive Guide to Cross-Border Investing

Finance for Humans

Why Would I Ever Put Money In Savings Instead of Investing It?

Money & the World

Dumb Questions for Smart People: How Hedge Funds Warp Our World

Your gut tells you to buy when you're feeling good about the market and to sell when you're not. Your gut is wrong. Here's why long-term investing works.

Money & the World

History of Finance Proves: Your “Gut” is Mostly Wrong

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Now Your Wealthsimple RRSP Keeps Track of Itself

Money & the World

Prediction: The Predictions Will Be Wrong

Money & the World

What Does Warren Buffett's $1m Bet Have to Do With Your Wealthsimple Account?

Money & the World

Why Sometimes Markets Go Up But Good Portfolios Go Down

Finance for Humans

I Get Free Tax-Loss Harvesting! Awesome! Wait. What is That?

Finance for Humans

The Market Is at an All-Time High. Should I Double Down or Sell Everything?

Finance for Humans

How to Invest in Legos and Make a Bazillion Dollars

Finance for Humans

How Do I Know When To Start Investing?

Money & the World

Measuring the TSX Index: What the Data Tells Us About Canada

Money & the World

Anxious Investors Are Scooping Up Gold. Is That a Good Idea?

Money & the World

We Can Fix the Housing Crisis! (Maybe! If We Follow These Steps!)

Money & the World

Stocks Hit Fresh Highs. Is It a Bad Time to Invest?

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Private Equity Gets a Little More Public

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The Wealthsimple Report: September 2023

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The Government Wants to Help You Save Money for Your First Home

Stocks have boomed this year. Yet many DIY investors have sprinted from markets — and missed out on big returns. What spooked them?

Money & the World

2023: The Year of FOMM (Fear of Making Money)

Finance for Humans

How to Make Your Money Make Money

Finance for Humans

How to 10x Your Tax Refund (Without Breaking the Law)

Money & the World

End Times for Tech Stocks?

Money & the World

How Long is This Bear Market Going to Last?

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Finance for Humans

Is it Better to Pay Down Your Mortgage or Invest?

When stocks fall, bonds typically go up. But for the first time in a (very) long time, that hasn’t been the case.

Money & the World

Bonds Are Supposed to Limit Losses When Stocks Are Down. What Happened?

Money & the World

Why Does Everyone Care About Commodities All of a Sudden?

When the market dips, people start to wonder: is now the time to buy? Here's our answer.

Finance for Humans

Wealthsimple Explains: The Market Crashed! Should I Buy the Dip?

When to buy (sometimes!), when to rent (the other times!), and when to just give up (please don’t). The Wealthsimple guide to never letting the real estate market terrify you.

Finance for Humans

When to Buy (Sometimes!), When to Rent (the Other Times!), and When to Just Give Up (Please Don’t)

The Wealthsimple Venture Fund I lets you bankroll the next big thing like a Silicon Valley tycoon — no matter how many commas you’ve got in your net worth.

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We Made It So You Can Be a Venture Capitalist Even if You Don’t Have a Billion Dollars

The stock market has been, at best, extremely volatile lately. Here’s our quick guide to what happened, what’s likely to happen, and what to do about it.

Money & the World

The Corrections, 2022: How to Understand What’s Happening in the Markets

Until now, responsible investing has been about avoiding bad actors. The new Wealthsimple Green Bond changes that by supporting projects that are changing the world for the better. And it’s a good investment, too.

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Announcing the Wealthsimple Green Bond: We Made Green Investing Actually Green

Money 2021: The Year of ‘Oh Wait, That’s Never Happened Before.’ GameStop, Shiba Inu, shipping containers, Twitter, a dollar sign, coins, Ethereum, a pie chart, and COVID-19 float around a large 2021 symbol.

Money & the World

Money 2021: The Year of ‘Oh Wait, That’s Never Happened Before’

Finance for Humans

Five Simple Rules To Be the Absolute Worst Stock Picker

Finance for Humans

It’s Financial Literacy Month! Here’s Some Essential Money Advice

Finance for Humans

Stocks Are at Record Highs. Is It Time to Sell?

Finance for Humans

Bond Yields Are Super Low. Some Investors Are Freaked. An Explainer

Money & the World

What Does China's Tech Crackdown Teach Us About Investing?

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The New Wealthsimple Giveback Program: Save For Your Child, Give to a Child in Need

Finance for Humans

How Do You Invest When Interest Rates are at 0%? A Wealthsimple Guide

Money & the World

Economic Freakout 2020: The ‘What Now’ Edition

Why the Stock Market Is a Bad Economic Indicator

Money & the World

Why Are Stock Market Numbers So Wacko Right Now?

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