Financial Fitness: Strategize for comfort
To retire comfortably, you need to save and invest regularly using an effective savings and investment strategy.
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Articles written by: Deborah Leahy
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Financial Fitness: What do low oil prices mean for investors?
As you’ve no doubt noticed, your trips to the gas station have been a lot more pleasant these past several months. There’s not much doubt that lower oil prices have been welcome to you as a driver. But when oil is less expensive, is that good for you as an investor?
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Financial Fitness: RRSP or TFSA: Which is the best option?
If you have some extra cash available, let’s summarize the pros and cons of each option.
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Financial Fitness: What’s cash good for, anyway?
As an investor, you may find that the elements of your portfolio that seem to draw most of your attention are stocks and bonds.
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Financial Fitness: Making good investment moves can be tricky
If you want to send your children or grandchildren to post-secondary school, retire comfortably and achieve other important life goals, you typically have to invest — it’s that simple.
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Financial Fitness: Your legacy is in your hands
Unless you keep close track of obscure holidays and observances, you might not have known that August was “What Will Be Your Legacy?” Month. Still, you might want to use September to act on one of your most important financial goals: leaving a meaningful legacy. A legacy isn’t simply a […]
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Financial Fitness: Vacation planning a ticket to better investments
You may be looking forward to “getting away from it all” this summer, but as you know, vacations actually require a fair amount of planning. Some of the efforts required for successful vacations can teach us valuable lessons in other areas of life — such as investing. Secure your home […]
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Registered Disability Savings Plans: here’s the scoop
The registered disability savings plan, or RDSP, was introduced in 2008 to help individuals with severe and prolonged disabilities save for their long-term financial security. However, many Canadians have not yet taken advantage of it. A participant may hold only one RDSP account, which is limited to a lifetime total […]
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Financial Fitness: Protect your family business
There’s nothing more important in the world to you than your family. Your family-owned business probably helps support your family, so when it comes to protecting both, you need to carefully consider your moves. You face plenty of challenges to keep your business running smoothly—but it can be even more […]
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Financial Fitness: Take into account each of your accounts
You’ve got one investment account here, your RRSP and TFSA there, and some more assets over at that other place. You’re “diversifying,” right? That tactic could be raising your risk, inviting costly fees and preventing you from creating a sound retirement strategy. It is not uncommon for investors to think […]
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