{"id":135230,"date":"2025-03-15T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/finance\/weekend-reading-five-years-in-cash\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T13:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T13:09:52","slug":"weekend-reading-five-years-in-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=135230","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Reading &#8211; Five years in cash?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h2>Weekend Reading \u2013 Five years in cash?<\/h2>\n<p>Hey Folks,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to a new Weekend Reading edition, with a reminder that despite market calamity our annual dividend income remains on the rise reaching a new, projected all-time-high.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ddaim3mreg\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/february-2025-dividend-income-update\/\">February 2025 Dividend Income Update<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cFebruary 2025 Dividend Income Update\u201d \u2014 My Own Advisor\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/february-2025-dividend-income-update\/embed\/#?secret=5cFZTRvKud#?secret=ddaim3mreg\" data-secret=\"ddaim3mreg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Weekend Reading \u2013 Five years in cash?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Inspiration for this headline arrived <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/personal-finance\/article-trade-war-personal-finance-update-2-if-you-need-your-money-within-five\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via Rob Carrick\u2019s article (subscription).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rob didn\u2019t hold back when he mentioned:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cFirst, check your timelines. If you need your money within the next five years, get it out of the stock market immediately and put it in a bank savings account or similar products offered to investors. Only by committing for at least five years, and much preferably 10, can you be confident that stock market ups and downs will net out in decent returns.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He\u2019s probably not wrong, cash or similar products.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, given the current calamity, without any end in sight along with more doom-and-gloom on the horizon in the coming weeks with more tariff announcements I also think it would be prudent to maintain a decent amount of safety outside stocks.<\/p>\n<p>While we work on more, <strong>in my case though, I\u2019m going with at least 1-years\u2019 worth<\/strong> of spending in cash\/cash equivalents but not quite five years worth.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll share more news \/ details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/financial-independence-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when I update this post below in the coming weeks<\/a>, but suffice to say we\u2019ve been saving up cash\/cash equivalents for some time now \u2013 building a bit more brick-by-brick since 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Qz39lunQyT\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/financial-independence-update\/\">Financial Independence Update<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cFinancial Independence Update\u201d \u2014 My Own Advisor\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/financial-independence-update\/embed\/#?secret=IUGIOmppwa#?secret=Qz39lunQyT\" data-secret=\"Qz39lunQyT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not sure we will \u201cget it (money) out of the stock market immediately\u201d, in fact, I might even buy some stocks or ETFs in 2025 if I can afford to do so but with both of our workplace transition plans now approved and in place, investing for retirement is no longer a priority. Sounds very odd to write that\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, I\u2019ve also read many conflicting articles on asset allocation including geographical diversification.<\/p>\n<p>Recently I read an article that mentioned:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cA more reasonable approach is to keep a toehold in U.S. stocks, but tilt your portfolio in other directions. Canadian dividend stocks have growing appeal. So do Canadian government bonds, guaranteed investment certificates and gold.\u00a0Investors should also consider the case for more radical diversification. European stocks have been surging and there is a strong case that they have more room to run after the German government signalled it will ease up on its notorious debt brake and spend more freely on defence and infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yet less than a year ago, the same author had the headline and content related to:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31304 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Is-Canada-Worth-Investing-In.png\" alt=\"Is Canada Worth Investing In\" width=\"1008\" height=\"408\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31304 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Is-Canada-Worth-Investing-In.png\" alt=\"Is Canada Worth Investing In\" width=\"1008\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Is-Canada-Worth-Investing-In.png 1008w, https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Is-Canada-Worth-Investing-In-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Is-Canada-Worth-Investing-In-600x243.png 600w, https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Is-Canada-Worth-Investing-In-768x311.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: G&amp;M.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I dunno folks, wild times. Definitely a trigger for portfolio review and assessment. <em>No question.<\/em> But it doesn\u2019t mean you have to change much, if anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Personal finance and your risk tolerance is very personal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m personally not going forward with any radical diversification as some headlines suggest. I haven\u2019t changed many holdings since COVID began 5-years ago now although I have sold off a few individual stocks in our portfolio to simply things. Those decisions have been smart to date since the portfolio value has grown considerably since then while simplified as well for asset decumulation \u2013 less moving parts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only in hindsight do I know if I made the best decisions\u2026we\u2019ll see how these recent ones turn out!<\/p>\n<p>Despite current market conditions, I will:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Keep my low-cost ETF QQQ for a small tech-kicker if\/when tech stocks come back into favour. Why sell when this ETF is down in price? QQQ is a low % of my portfolio value anyhow (<\/li>\n<li>Keep my low-cost ETF for ex-Canada diversification that dominates our RRSPs in particular: XAW. That ETF includes international stocks beyond the U.S. already \u2013 thank goodness.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Keep my basket of Canadian stocks for income and growth, <strong>and buy more when I can afford to do so.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Keep growing my cash\/cash wedge balance for near-term spending.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><strong>That\u2019s essentially it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>How are you doing out there? Keeping more cash? Buying more stocks? Are you pursuing some radical diversification?<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>More Weekend Reading \u2013 Beyond five years in cash<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Congrats to my friend Dividend Daddy,\u00a0<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@DividendDaddy1, reaching a <\/span>well-earned retirement:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31308 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dividend-Daddy-Retirement-2025.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"756\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31308 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dividend-Daddy-Retirement-2025.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dividend-Daddy-Retirement-2025.png 651w, https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dividend-Daddy-Retirement-2025-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dividend-Daddy-Retirement-2025-517x600.png 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\"\/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: https:\/\/x.com\/DividendDaddy1\/status\/1895826626061222016<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An excellent reminder about our recent market volatility. What you sign up for when investing in stocks since there are costs in trying to time the market with reference to Visual Capitalist:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31314 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-cost-of-timing-the-market-Dividend-Growth-Investor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"797\" height=\"900\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31314 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-cost-of-timing-the-market-Dividend-Growth-Investor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"797\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-cost-of-timing-the-market-Dividend-Growth-Investor.jpg 797w, https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-cost-of-timing-the-market-Dividend-Growth-Investor-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-cost-of-timing-the-market-Dividend-Growth-Investor-531x600.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-cost-of-timing-the-market-Dividend-Growth-Investor-768x867.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\"\/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Reader question of the week (adapted slightly for the site):<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><em>Mark, I read your 60\/40 post with interest. I have considered for a while now moving all my registered, RRSP investments into VBAL and have recently done so for a better mix of growth and safety for retirement income planning. My plan is to sell off VBAL units every year or so, fund my cash wedge, and live off that for RRSP withdrawals. Thoughts? Seems aligned with your data in that post and seems simple enough to do too.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your question!<\/p>\n<p>For reference, here is that post:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"N744naj7HJ\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/weekend-reading-beyond-60-40-portfolios\/\">Weekend Reading \u2013 Beyond 60\/40 Portfolios<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWeekend Reading \u2013 Beyond 60\/40 Portfolios\u201d \u2014 My Own Advisor\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/weekend-reading-beyond-60-40-portfolios\/embed\/#?secret=1EXzAMhNKr#?secret=N744naj7HJ\" data-secret=\"N744naj7HJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>And while I cannot provide financial advice directly to you, yes, this is what 60\/40 or related stock\/fixed income portfolios are designed for: you sell off ETF units, every year or so, and live off that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to simplicity \u2013 leveraged from Christine Benz recently at Morningstar, on X\/Twitter:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really get when people hunt around for the best cash yields, assemble CD ladders, etc. My bias is to buy a federal money market fund from a very low-cost provider that pays you the lion\u2019s share of prevailing yields. Cash holdings should be simple and low-stress.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Source: https:\/\/x.com\/christine_benz\/status\/1889828274429370676<\/em><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Good stuff. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have a great weekend!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mark<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"author-bio-box\" style=\"background: #f8f8f8; border-top: 2px solid #cccccc; border-bottom: 2px solid #cccccc; color: #333333\">\n<h3><a style=\"color: #555555;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myownadvisor.ca\/author\/moa\/\" title=\"All posts by Mark\" rel=\"author\">Mark<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"bio-gravatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/11128b85a937d76cf828d4820e476dd2?s=70&amp;d=wavatar&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/11128b85a937d76cf828d4820e476dd2?s=140&amp;d=wavatar&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/myownadvisor\" class=\"bio-icon bio-icon-twitter\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"bio-description\">My name is Mark Seed &#8211; the founder, editor and owner of My Own Advisor. As my own DIY financial advisor, I&#8217;m looking to start semi-retirement soon, sooner than most. Find out what I did and how I realized Financial Independence to tailor your own path. Join the newsletter read by thousands. Always free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekend Reading \u2013 Five years in cash? Hey Folks,\u00a0 Welcome to a new Weekend Reading edition, with a reminder that despite market calamity our annual dividend income remains on the rise reaching a new, projected all-time-high.\u00a0 February 2025 Dividend Income Update Weekend Reading \u2013 Five years in cash? 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