Personalized portfolios

 

I follow a disciplined and highly structured approach to creating and administering your portfolio. Your portfolio may be comprised of one, some or all of the following types of assets: equities, guaranteed products and specialty areas. The composition of your individual portfolio will be grounded in my disciplined approach, but customized to reflect your individual goals and objectives, current market conditions and availability.

Equities

I focus on an equity strategy that consists of a portfolio of established companies that are diversified across sectors that I expect to perform well over the coming months, have good earnings growth and ideally pay a dividend. Between the dividend and the potential increase to their target price, these holdings typically offer the opportunities to achieve gains. As these companies reach these prices, I will contact you to review the position. At that time, we will discuss potential future gains and make a decision to hold or replace it with another position that I believe will offer greater future potential.

The strength of a strategy like this is that I have chosen investments with clear goals in mind (target price) and there is an underlying structure behind my choices. This allows us to stay objective and make sound investment decisions.

Guaranteed products

A cornerstone of many of my portfolios is the inclusion of guaranteed products. The benefit of including guaranteed products in your portfolio is two-fold: first, it decreases our exposure to market volatility, and second, it generates income within the portfolio.

The quantity and type of guaranteed products recommended for your portfolio will be based on a number of criteria:

  • Your overall wealth management goals and objectives
  • The specific need for annual income generated from your portfolio
  • The quality or rating of the guaranteed product offered
  • The tax-efficiency of the product or income earned from the product
  • Other factors including, but not limited to, maturity dates and potential for gains.

Special products

In today's changing marketplace, there are always new wealth management solutions coming available. If these solutions are suitable for you, I contact you to discuss the proper placement within your portfolio. These solutions can be linked to specific indexes or products, focused on a specific sector, or offer advantages from an income or tax perspective.

 

The comments contained herein are general in nature and are not intended to be, nor should be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any particular individual. Accordingly, individuals should consult their own tax advisors for advice with respect to the tax consequences to them, having regard to their own particular circumstances.