Early on when I first launched this blog, one of my friends suggested that video content would be ideal for the topics I wanted to cover. “I’m a visual learner” was her pitch¹. I did hesitate because I wasn’t sure what I would post there.

But the hesitation is over, and I’ve launched a YouTube channel which you can find in the top menu (“Videos”) or you can go to it directly: https://www.youtube.com/@MoneyEngineerCA.

The first video² is a quick intro to the Multi-Asset Tracker, a Google Sheets template that’s based on my personal spreadsheet that I’ve developed over the years.

Today’s video is a quick look at BlackRock’s family of asset-allocation ETFs (XEQT, XGRO, XBAL, XCNS and XINC) and what makes the members of the family different.

My philosophy is to keep the videos short with no window dressing. There’s no big intro, no sponsor plugs³, no big plea to “Like and Subscribe”, and no theme music. We get going right from the opening frame. I reserve the right to jazz things up later, but with 2 views thus far I’m not too worried about going viral anytime soon.

If you have thoughts/comments/ideas about the videos, feel free to drop me a line at comments@moneyengineer.ca.

1. Although I do love an elegant diagram or chart, as my kids will tell you, I have very little patience for a 3 minute YouTube video telling me how to change a setting on my iPhone. ↩︎
2. Recorded on April 1st, but it’s no joke ↩︎
3. At least, none coming from me — YouTube ad insertion is not something I can control, at least as far as I can figure out. ↩︎