The Dow is up 25,568% since 1916, but has been off its all time high 95% of the time. This means you are almost always wishing you sold at the previous high but patient investors reap the rewards. Michael Batnick dropping investment facts ~> socialcentre.td.com/te7atO

Mr Burns: "Here's where I stopped checking it last time, September 1929...oh no..." Ben Carlson examines what happens if you retire at a stock market peak ~>bit.ly/2UCRGXf

"Compound interest is extremely back-loaded, which is something that's hard to see unless you actually plot it out on a spreadsheet" How Compounding Works ~> socialcentre.td.com/tlDREz

I just looked at the past 25 years of the S&P500 to see how performance differs by day of the week. Surprising results! Send me an email if you're interested in taking a look

How Isaac Newton lost a third of his wealth ($2MM US in today's dollars) investing in one stock #diversify #eggsinonebasket socialcentre.td.com/tdhruU

There's not enough talk about "sequence risk" for the newly retired. Movement Capital explains socialcentre.td.com/tllJb0

If you have money kicking around, and you want to help your children with school, a home or a business, Pierre Letourneau, High Net Worth Planner TD (Canada), offers some tips on how to gift that money via MoneyTalk socialcentre.td.com/tiur6U

Are Reddit forums actually influencing the stock market? ~> bloom.bg/2I2uSfO

A good review of prior crisis induced economic slowdowns. This is a time to be cautious and think about your risk appetite. Reach out if you want to share your thoughts or hear what The Morton Group is thinking socialcentre.td.com/tgyQG5

Without some planning, leaving the cottage to your kids could mean leaving them with a giant capital gains tax bill socialcentre.td.com/tbidOv

James digs into the math behind getting the most out of an RESP. See how frontloading the plan is actually more important than maximizing CESG grants. socialcentre.td.com/tsOGbt

#Winteriscoming tax consequences for Canadians planning to rent or sell their US property this winter socialcentre.td.com/tnesd_

One reason investing in individual stocks is so hard. Even great businesses are subject to large drawdowns. Here's a look performance of the top 100 wealth creators since 1950. socialcentre.td.com/tsS6EZ

"It's OK to Be Confused Right Now" One of our favourite blogs Ben Carlson shared his big picture perspective on what's happening in the markets. It's worth a read socialcentre.td.com/tQa4OL

The S&P500 is now trading at 20.87x trailing 12-month earnings. The 30 year median is 22.19x socialcentre.td.com/txws0A

Tim retired this year, but he's continued sharing the many lessons learned from a career of portfolio management. In this piece he looks into navigating an investment in high flying (but volatile) growth stocks $SHOP socialcentre.td.com/t92iOE

Economists are finding it hard to pin inflation on any one thing socialcentre.td.com/tYbDlu

Former advisor finds reasons to be optimistic about balanced portfolios socialcentre.td.com/tF5_er

"This is why the stats that show your returns if you just missed the best 10 days or whatever are pointless." Ben Carlson socialcentre.td.com/t_8gWy

Buffett with some great lines at this year's meeting. "The long-term trend is up...Nobody knows what the market is going to do tomorrow, next week, next month... But they spend all their time talking about it, because it's easy to talk about. But it has no value."