Investments in hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure and real estate are widely portrayed as the missing component in a modernized portfolio. The stock market, on the other hand, given enough time, is as close to an infallible builder of wealth as you can get. The Canadian stock market also seems to gravitate to roughly the same result when measured over decades. Investors are being warned that the decade ahead could bitterly disappoint those who feel entitled to 9-per-cent equity returns into eternity. For example, Wealthsimple Technologies Inc. now has venture capital, private credit, and private equity offerings for the retail investor with a higher risk tolerance.

Source: Forbes June 08, 2024 11:01 UTC