One of the most critical fallacies of portfolio benchmarking is the disparity between compound and variable rates of return. The importance of buybacks cannot be overlooked. Comparing your performance ...

Even with a small amount of funds it’s important to start investing early, so here’s a sample five stock portfolio to get you started, containing top names like Suncor Energy Inc (TSX:SU)(NYSE:SU).

The rationale? The market tends to rise over time. But there’s a critical flaw in this narrative. Your portfolio and a portfolio benchmark are entirely different things. And portfolio benchmarking, or ...