Investment tools can clarify decisions, when used properly. In this section, we provide practical guides to portfolio analysis platforms, backtesting tools, and data visualization resources. Rather than chasing optimization, we focus on understanding risk, return dispersion, and the limitations of historical simulations.
Compound interest is the one investing concept that genuinely changes how you think about time and money. It’s not complicated, but most people don’t see its full impact until they plug real numbers in, and by then they wish they’d started sooner. Let’s fix that.
Before you commit to a portfolio strategy, wouldn’t it be useful to see how it actually performed through 2008, 2020, and every market cycle in between? Portfolio Visualizer lets you do exactly that, for free. Here’s a complete walkthrough of how to use it to backtest your Canadian ETF portfolio.
