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Ian Tam, CFA

Ian Tam, CFA

is Investment Specialist at Morningstar Canada.

What to consider when choosing a fund or ETF
Funds
What to consider when choosing a fund or ETF
Apart from fees, what considerations should investors keep in mind when picking a fund or ETF?
When FOMO is warranted
Personal Finance
When FOMO is warranted
If you missed just two of the best market days in 2008 and 2020, your portfolio would be down 12 per cent, writes Ian Tam.
Investing basics: When should you change your investment strategy?
Personal Finance
Investing basics: When should you change your investment strategy?
It is ill-advised to change your investment approach frequently, but there are some circumstances in which a change is warranted.
Don't try to time elections
Video
Don't try to time elections
Why you should resist the urge to make predictions when there's a disconnect between the economy and security prices.
Investing basics: a tale of two markets
Personal Finance
Investing basics: a tale of two markets
Market concentration and the covid-19 recovery, explained. 
Investing basics: turning coffee into cash into a cushy retirement
Personal Finance
Investing basics: turning coffee into cash into a cushy retirement
If the pandemic means you can't have your daily takeaway, it means you've saved $500 so far - which means you can invest!
The dividend balancing act
Video
The dividend balancing act
Ensure your dividend-paying companies are more than attractive on the surface with these tips from Morningstar Canada's director of investment...
COVID-19 versus the turkeys of history
Markets
COVID-19 versus the turkeys of history
Markets do crash more frequently than our recency-biased minds care to remember—but they also recover.