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It's Your Money
Inheritances for 'disabled'
If you leave money or assets to a loved ones with disabilities, be sure to consider how that might impact their other financial resources, such as social...
Income tax during COVID
This year’s tax filings will likely prove move complicated for many due to pandemic-related benefits and work from home adaptations. Although Canadians...
No-retirement plan blues
Are you into your 50s with no retirement savings to speak of yet? If so, you are not alone. I read somewhere recently that only 54% of “boomers”...
Rich also buy life insurance
Popular wisdom suggests that as people accumulate wealth their need for life insurance decreases. However, permanent life insurance is a financial tool with...
Passing the family cottage
The family cottage can be the most coveted, yet challenging part of many people’s estate plans. Many family members will have countless memories at the...
An easy way to save $1M
How hard is it to save $1 million for retirement? To answer that question, we have to look at a number of variables such as interest rates, number of years to...
RRSP deadline today
Ok, last one I promise. I’ve already written two columns on RRSPs in the last month and I was really wondering if it made any sense to talk about them one...
Virus changing retirement
Canadians are rethinking their approach to retirement planning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While a global pandemic is certainly not a great catalyst,...
Insure your spouse
Do you have insurance on your car? I don’t mean the basic liability insurance that is required by law but instead the additional optional collision...
Top RRSP mistakes
The deadline for contributing to an RRSP account for the 2020 tax year is coming up in a few more weeks on March 1. The RRSP program has been around since 1957,...
Why is the market bullish?
“I keep hearing that the economy is in bad shape, so why is the stock market continuing to set new all-time highs?” I’ve heard that question...
RRSPS in a pandemic year
We are five weeks away from the annual RRSP deadline. Much like in years past, you can expect a few of my upcoming columns to focus on this program. This...
Habits of millionaires
Although it may be hard for some people to retire on one million dollars these days, the simple idea of being a millionaire lives on. That got me thinking. I...
2021 economic outlook
As we head into a new year, many wonder what is in store for markets. 2020 brought a major market pullback in the spring, but then an equally strong and quick...
Don't let greed guide you
The new year typically brings the same investment timing questions each and every year: Should I wait until the end of February deadline before putting my...
Resolve to save more
There are only four days left until the new year and I’m sure most of us are excited to put 2020 behind us. But as different as this past year has been,...
Retirees need equities
For those soon to retire or already retired, market volatility and emotions are their two worst enemies when combined. They are fearful of their retirement...
Failing marshmallow test
Should you wait to take CPP? Have you ever heard of the marshmallow test? It was a study led by a Stanford professor back in the 1970s on delayed gratification....
Economic statement update
Last week, the federal government presented their long-anticipated Fall Economic Statement 2020. While many of these proposals are not yet enacted into law, we...
Shattering TFSA myths
Last week, the 2021 Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) contribution limit was officially release at $6,000 – the same amount set in 2019 and 2020. With the...
