Our Books
We have tried to distill down our thinking and processes used here at Checkmate to help investors all over the world who are both new and experienced when it comes to investing with ETFs.
For Newer Investors
ETF Investing for Beginners (Canada Edition)
Canadian investors pay some of the highest mutual fund fees in the world. Fees which quietly compound into hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost wealth over a lifetime. Our Amazon bestselling book ETF Investing for Beginners (Canada Edition) is a plain-language guide written specifically for Canadians who want to stop overpaying and start building real wealth through low-cost ETF investing. It covers TFSA, RRSP, and FHSA strategy, the mathematics of fee drag, and step-by-step execution from opening an account to placing your first trade.
For More Experienced Investors
Play Chess, Not Checkers
Play Chess, Not Checkers makes the case that the market we deal with today is hyper-connected, algorithmically fast, and news-cycle-driven. The market can be understood if you understand how consequence chains travel, how the news cycle systematically misprices abandoned assets, and how to build the decision frameworks before the crisis arrives rather than during it. This is the intellectual foundation of the Checkmate system: a blueprint for the investor who wants to stop reacting to the board and start reading it to their advantage.