{"id":1460,"date":"2017-10-02T11:09:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T18:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/letstalkaboutmoney.ca\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2018-03-03T14:03:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T22:03:47","slug":"augustseptember-2017-investment-portfolio-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letstalkaboutmoney.ca\/augustseptember-2017-investment-portfolio-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"August\/September 2017 – Investment portfolio growth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you read my June\/July update, you saw that my key theme was don’t panic!\u00a0<\/strong>August and September show why that pays off.\u00a0 My index fund investments made steady gains over the 2 months, paying off in my TFSA and my RRSP.\u00a0 My overall assets didn’t make a lot of gains between August and September 2017, but as you can see below, that’s due to my car value going down (which is a pretty arbitrary number based on the average asking price provided by Canadian Black Book<\/a>) and me going on vacation and using some of my short-term savings for it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lot’s of ups and downs for my TFSA TD e-Series Index Funds, but the month ended on a high note, providing a return of $300 from the end of July. With the Bank of Canada interest rates rising<\/a>, the effect on my Canadian Bond Index Fund can be seen below, losing value overall in the last 2 months.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As you can see below, I’m still making gains overall for my investment portfolio, with it providing me of a return of over $900 since last Novemeber:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n My RRSP consisting of an aggressive TD e-Series portfolio mirrored pretty close to my TFSA. With no bond investments in this portfolio, it saw a greater rate of return than my TFSA, but not by a whole lot.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nOverall Assets<\/h2>\n
TFSA TD e-Series Index Funds<\/h2>\n
RRSP TD e-Series Index Funds<\/h2>\n