What is the VIX – and why is it called the “Wall Street fear gauge”...

Investor News by Wealthsimple

Investor News by Wealthsimple

Le VIX, « baromètre de la peur de Wall Street » : précieux, mais surestimé?

What is the VIX – and why is it called the “Wall Street fear gauge”?

L’hiver des cryptos : Notre bilan du T1

Crypto winter: Our Q1 recap

Faites le grand ménage de printemps de votre portefeuille

Spring clean your portfolio — here's how

La réaction des marchés à l’effondrement de mars

How markets reacted to a March tumble

Cinq grandes questions sur les turbulences du marché

Five big questions about market turmoil

Vos plus grandes questions sur le REER (et des réponses)

Answers to your biggest RRSP questions

Rendement de nos portefeuilles Placements gérés au dernier trimestre

How our Managed Investing portfolios did last quarter

L’or : trop, c’est combien?

How much gold is too much gold?

Cinq erreurs qui font dérailler un plan financier

The five biggest ways people screw up their financial plans

ICYMI: your For Nerds Only recap

Rendement de nos portefeuilles Placements gérés au dernier trimestre

How our Managed Investing portfolios did last quarter

Les liquidités : un placement des plus risqués

Why cash might be your riskiest investment

Changements à nos portefeuilles gérés

Changes to our managed portfolios

Votre idée des placements non traditionnels est-elle dépassée?

Are alternative investments going mainstream?

Votre rendement devrait-il correspondre à celui du S&P 500?

Should your returns match the S&P 500?

Q2 Crypto Recap

Un survol du rendement de nos portefeuilles Placements gérés au T2

A look at Q2 performance for our Managed Investing portfolios

Quand faut-il changer de stratégie de placement?

When should you change your investment strategy?

What is liquidity risk?

Qu’est-ce que le risque de liquidité?

Vision investissement : Qu’est-ce qui passe avec l’or?

What’s going on with gold?

Aperçu du rendement du T1 pour nos portefeuilles Placements gérés

A look at Q1 performance for our Managed Investing portfolios

Les tarifs et les nouvelles inquiétantes vous empêchent de dormir?

Are tariffs and other unsettling news making you jittery?

REER : décaisser avant la retraite, une bonne idée?

Does an early RRSP withdrawal ever make sense?

Q4 alternative investments recap

Pourquoi nous avons créé un portefeuille d’obligations

From our CIO: Why we made a bond portfolio

Un survol du rendement de nos portefeuilles gérés au T4

From our CIO: A look at Q4 performance for our Managed Investing portfolios

Advisor insights: Why you can’t trust financial predictions

Crypto news: Q4 crypto recap

Trois leçons de placement à retenir de 2024

From our CIO: Three big investment lessons from 2024

Parlons risque…

Advisor insights: How much investment risk do you really need?

Alts update: Q3 alternative investments recap

Comment fonctionnent les obligations?

From our CIO: How do bonds work?

Les six erreurs d’investissement les plus fréquentes

Advisor insights: The 6 most common investing mistakes

Advisor insights: Wealthsimple Private Client Group - U.S. Election Insights

Retour sur le rendement de nos portefeuilles Placements gérés au T3

From our CIO: A look at Q3 performance for our Managed Investing portfolios

Tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur le RPC2

Advisor insights: Everything you need to know about CPP2

Crypto news: Q3 crypto recap

Gérer les risques à long terme intelligemment

From our CIO: How to be smart about long-term risk

Alts update: Q2 alternative investments recap

Votre portefeuille est-il devenu trop concentré?

From our CIO: Has your portfolio gotten too concentrated?

Advisor insights: The smartest ways to use RESPs

Rendement des portefeuilles Placements gérés au T2

From our CIO: Q2 Managed Investing portfolio performance

Advisor insights: How to invest at any age

Crypto news: Q2 crypto recap

From our CIO: What investors can learn from the CPP

Advisor insights: Managed vs. self-directed investing

From our CIO: What is a stock market cycle?

Alts update: Q1 Alternative Investments recap

Advisor insights: How to make a budget

From our CIO: Your Q1 portfolio performance

Advisor insights: How to be smart with your tax refund

Crypto news: Why crypto has heated up

From our CIO: What we mean when we talk about diversification

Advisor insights: Is the alternative life for you?

Alts update: Q4 alternative investments recap

From our CIO: How to use booms to prepare for busts

Advisor insights: Six questions you may have about your RRSP

From our CIO: A look at your portfolio performance

Crypto news: What’s going on with crypto?

From our CIO: The best plan for 2024? Be boring

From our CIO: Introducing private equity

Advisor insights: The easiest ways to reduce your taxes

From our CIO: An update on the markets

Advisor insights: Five ways to make your money work harder

From our CIO: Don’t lose a decade in the market

Advisor insights: TFSA vs. RRSP vs. FHSA – What’s the best choice?

From our CIO: How smart is it to buy a home?

From our CIO: How to understand market swings

From our CIO: How much risk should I take?

From our CIO: How much cash should I have?

From our CIO: Financial markets last quarter

From our CIO: Why I like private credit for (some) investors

What is the VIX – and why is it called the “Wall Street fear gauge”?

May 27, 2026