To Hedge or Not to Hedge?

byBob Simpson, Synchronicity Performance Consultants

February 3, 2016

1 minute read

February 1, 2016 - To Hedge or Not To Hedge - In 2015, a very high percentage of investment return for successful Canadian investors was driven by allocating to US dollar investments. In this session, we examine how big an effect holding unhedged funds and ETFs had on investment return, how you could have spotted the trend and benefitted from a weak Canadian dollar and whether it is time to put on a hedge to protect this gain.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/153858453

The Huddle is a 30 minute virtual session facilitated by Bob Simpson of Synchronicity Performance Consultants, each Friday at Noon Eastern time. During these insightful sessions, a broad range of topics are discussed, ranging from financial markets, investment strategies, business development and how to use stock screening tools, like YCharts.

Synchroncity has been conducting these sessions each week since 2013 and recorded and posted them on their site. To date, they have conducted over 100 sessions with participation from a broad range of advisors across North America.

If you would like to attend live sessions, contact Bob Simpson at 905-502-0100, or via email at info@synchroncity.ca

Author

Bob Simpson, Synchronicity Performance Consultants

Bob Simpson, president and founder of Synchronicity has been involved, directly or indirectly in the industry since 1981. He has been a very successful financial advisor with Nesbitt Thomson Inc., a major Canadian financial institution. Between 1981 and 1989, he built a business with more than $120 million in assets under management and was one of the first Canadian advisors to transition from a solo to an ensemble model. From 1989 to 1993, he was Vice President Development and portfolio manager for a publicly traded insurance company and president of an investment counseling firm. From 1993 to 1998, he held several positions including fixed income strategist, manager of training and development, branch manager and Senior Vice President National Sales for Midland Walwyn Capital Inc., Canada’s largest independent financial services firm, which was sold to Merrill Lynch in 1998. In 1998, he founded Synchronicity Business Coaching Inc. In 1999, he was trained and certified by Michael Gerber, author of the best-selling business book, The E-Myth Revisited and his firm E-Myth Worldwide. He has subsequently adapted many of Gerber’s concepts in the development of Sustainable Growth, a program for financial services entrepreneurs.