We are an independent private wealth manager, trusted fiduciary, partner-owned firm and CIPF member based in Toronto.
Welcome to Avenue Investment
We help clients achieve long-term financial stability.
At Avenue, we’re all about getting there together when it comes to our finances. Our mission is to help you compound your wealth by owning quality investments that generate returns over long periods of time. We buy high-quality investments at a reasonable price with a disciplined risk management process, complemented by a specialized tail hedging strategy. Above everything, we always put our clients first and hold ourselves to the highest level of accountability in the industry.
We are an independent firm led by true independent thought and research, which has allowed us to successfully navigate various market cycles for the past 20 years. We are not limited by a corporate agenda or incentivized to gather assets and sell products. Instead, the Avenue team is fully invested alongside our clients and treats every investor as an equal partner in our shared success.
Two core principles drive our decision-making process.
First, how do we achieve desirable long-term investment results with as little risk as possible? Second, what is best for our clients? In doing so, we have been able to provide superior value to our clients and build relationships based on trust, accountability, fairness and transparency.
We are a legal fiduciary.
We are held to a higher legal standard than the majority of the industry. This is not just through credentials but how the firm is registered. We are advising representatives, not dealing representatives or “sales people” disguised as money managers. We have a 20-year audited track record that is GIPS-verified and meets the highest standard of performance verification.
We are independent and aligned.
Avenue does not rely on third-party research, and all our investments must meet our rigorous criteria. We are not beheld to a corporate agenda or have internal conflicts of interest. We are also fully invested in the same portfolios as our clients.
We are quality investors.
Our investment approach is a blend of quality value and quality growth investing. We believe quality investing is the sweet spot that blends the best of the two, leaving the worst behind. That’s why we are focused on buying high-quality businesses at a fair price.
Investment Management & Financial Planning
At Avenue, our core investment strategy is an all-weather strategy that is designed to compound our client’s wealth over the long term. We believe that owning high-quality businesses are the best investments to own. Our investment approach also includes a tail hedging strategy that offers enhanced downside protection. This allows clients to remain invested comfortably throughout an entire market cycle.
Avenue’s Core Services
Wealth Management
For over two decades, successful individuals and families across Toronto have trusted Avenue Investment Management to protect and grow their wealth.
Financial Planning
Avenue builds detailed financial plans using advanced tools to align your goals with suitable strategies, while handling the heavy lifting so you can focus on defining your objectives.
Tax & Estate Planning
Avenue guides high-net-worth clients through tax and estate planning—wills, trusts, and powers of attorney—partnering with trusted specialists while staying actively involved to protect and transfer wealth according to your wishes.
Family Office
Avenue’s Family Office supports high-net-worth families with complex financial needs, offering independent, commission-free guidance beyond planning, investment, and tax and estate services.
Avenue In The News
Investors Club | An Interview with Bryden Teich – July 4, 2024
3 Overlooked Stocks to Buy Right Now | StockPick Investors Club
Bill Haris on Market Call – March 11, 2024
BNN: Bill Harris’ Market Outlook for March 2024
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/bill-harris-market-outlook~2882776
Latest Case Studies
A Case Study on why Avenue will usually avoid Private Investing
It is 24 years since the dramatic rise and collapse of technology stocks in the year 2000. While many of today’s circumstances are arguably different, the overarching risk remains the same.
A Case Study on Avenue’s Equity Strategy 101
It is 24 years since the dramatic rise and collapse of technology stocks in the year 2000. While many of today’s circumstances are arguably different, the overarching risk remains the same.
A Case Study: Why Avenue doesn’t advise Index investing
Investing in the broad stock market index has been a simple and successful solution since its conception in the early 1970s. However, we believe that the negatives now outweigh the positives. Avenue’s portfolio of high-quality businesses should continue to perform well in the coming years even as the large stocks that make up the US S&P 500 Index face headwinds.
Latest Podcasts
Trade War Redux – 2025 First Quarter Update
In this episode Bill Harris and Bryden Teich discuss the Avenue 2024 Year End Letter and the...
A Deep Dive on Valuing vs. Pricing a Business
In this episode Bryden Teich and Bill Harris discuss the most recent Avenue...
Deep Dive Investing in Commodities
In this episode Matt Manara and Bill Harris have a deep dive discussion on investing in...
All Insights
Case Study: Being Right for the Wrong Reason
In this quarter’s case study, we will discuss the return of investor interest to Canada. As well,...
EP 30 | Q2 2025 Quarterly Letter | Avenue Insights
In this episode Bill Harris and Bryden Teich discuss the Avenue Q2 Quarterly Letter,...
Q2 – 2025 Quarterly Letter
In the spring of 1970 a 40-year-old Warren Buffett presided over the first annual shareholder...