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Braden Dennis

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3006 total appearances

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The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

But it's 36 percent public equities.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

22% private equities, 20% real asset, 13% government bonds, and then 9% credit.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

So for me, if you want to view it a bit more into something that might be measurable compared to certain ETFs, you might use something that's

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

at least has a kind of breakdown that would be 58, 60% of equities, 22% fixed income.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

I'm included government bonds and credit in that.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

And then 20% real asset.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

But even that, it's really hard to find a good benchmark to compare it, especially when you start factoring the 20% real asset.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

Before I go on, anything you want to add there, Dan?

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

That's just a stupid thing.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

No, exactly.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

And just to reinforce that, just think about it a second, right?

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

If you're 21, 22, you're contributing to CPP, you won't be drawing that likely for another 40 plus years.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

So and you have your parents, my parents, like, you know, people that are in their 60s and 70s.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

that are actively drawing that right now and then anywhere in between, right?

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

So you have to make sure that the plan is well-balanced and able to not only meet its near-term obligations, but also its longer-term obligations.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

And that's why they do need a different mix of assets.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

Whether the current mix is...

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

appropriate i think that is definitely up for debate i'm really thinking here in terms of the private equity side the credit side because that includes some private credits some corporate credit different kind of type of credits and the real assets that one is it's also a little bit tricky here

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

Now, CPP does acknowledge that they have underperformed their benchmark over their own benchmark over the last three years in the annual report due to the strong performance in U.S.

The Canadian Investor
5 Canadian Stocks to Buy and Forget + Are CPP’s Returns Actually Bad?

large caps.