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What if Most of What You've Been Told About Investing is Wrong?

Many investment practices persist because they are profitable for the industry, even though decades of independent research consistently support lower-cost, broadly diversified investing over active management.
What the research shows

The Evidence Has Changed. Much Of The Industry Hasn't.

Independent research consistently shows that controlling costs, broad diversification and disciplined investing have historically produced better long-term outcomes than trying to outperform the market. Yet many investors are never introduced to this evidence.

92%
92% of Canadian active equity funds underperformed their benchmark over the past 15 years. Source: SPIVA Canada Scorecard.
2.2%

Average Canadian mutual fund management fees have historically been among the highest in the developed world.

$4 million
How much excessive fees of just 1.2% can cost over a 40-year investment horizon on a illustrative $500K portfolio, assuming 8% return.
How it works

Turning Research Into Better Investment Decisions

We apply proven investment principles—not industry traditions—to help you build long-term wealth.

Portfolio Design

Broadly diversified, low-cost portfolios designed to capture market returns while minimizing unnecessary fees and complexity.

Personalized Asset Allocation

Your portfolio is designed around your goals, retirement needs, tax situation and ability to stay invested—not forecasts or today’s market headlines.

Helping You Stay the Course

Ongoing education, monitoring, rebalancing that is grounded in evidence—helping you avoid costly decisions that can permanently reduce long-term wealth.

A CLEAR DIFFERENCE

Traditional Investing vs. Rational Wealth

Traditional Approach

High Cost Investment products

Trying to outperform the market

Predictions and forecasts

Generic Risk Categories

Limited performance comparisons

Product recommendations

Rational Wealth

Low-cost index investing

Capturing market returns efficiently

Evidence over predictions

Personalized Asset Allocation

Meaningful benchmark comparisons

Advice without product sales

WHY RATIONAL WEALTH exists

Our Philosophy wasn't invented by us. It is based on Research.

We didn’t set out to reinvent investing. We set out to understand what decades of research had already discovered from some of the world’s most respected researchers and investors—including John C. Bogle, Burton Malkiel, Charles Ellis, Daniel Kahneman, Eugene Fama, Kenneth French — conclusion:

Successful investing depends less on predicting markets and more on controlling the few things investors can actually control: costs, diversification, asset allocation, taxes, and disciplined long-term behaviour.

We didn’t invent these principles—we simply built Rational Wealth around them.

Curious how your Portfolio compares to the Evidence?

Whether you’re managing your own investments or already working with an advisor, a second opinion can provide valuable perspective.

We’ll review your current portfolio, explain exactly where you stand, identify opportunities to improve, and answer your questions—without pressure or obligation.