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Longevity Risk: Is Planning To Age 100 Practical?

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019

In financial planning circles, longevity risk (the risk that you will live to a very old age and, as a result, run out of money) is one of the toughest challenges to meet with any … Read more

Net FDI and Canada's Competitiveness

Is Canada Starting To Suck? Business Investors Seem To Think So

October 23, 2019October 20, 2019

Economics are one of those things that many people simply choose not to be bothered with. Often the information is dry and boring, and the core data that you really need to see can be … Read more

The Problem With Canadian Investment Advisors

Inside Out: What’s Wrong With Canada’s Investment Industry?

September 25, 2019September 5, 2019

There’s an awful lot of noise being generated around the investment industry in Canada. It’s as if everyone agrees that, somehow, the system is broken, but no one can quite agree on what the problem … Read more

Don't Buy The Anti Financial Planning Rhetoric

In Defense of Planners: Don’t Buy The Anti-Financial-Planning Rhetoric

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019

There’s been a lot written recently that seems to suggest, sometimes quite forcefully, that if you make use of a financial planner or advisor (for the purpose of this article, I’m going to stick with … Read more

Retirement funding through pensions.

Retirement Funding: Making The Most of GIS and CPP Benefits

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019

I had the great privilege of again being asked to write a guest post for Cut The Crap Investing (CTCI). CTCI is a fantastic resource for Canadians interested in low-fee investing. Below is an excerpt … Read more

TFSA Investment Strategy

TFSA Investment Strategies: 42% Of Us Have It Wrong

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019

When the Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) was introduced in Canada in 2009, it was the rarest of things; a genuine financial gift from our federal government. Overnight, a TFSA investment became the must-have financial … Read more

Canadian Investors 3 Mistakes

The 3 Most Common Mistakes of Canadian Investors

September 1, 2019July 31, 2019

I had the great privilege of being asked to write a guest post for Cut The Crap Investing (CTCI) which went live yesterday. CTCI is a fantastic resource for Canadians interested in low-fee investing. Below … Read more

Nova Scotia is a loser in the geographic arbitrage game.

Geographic Arbitrage – In Canada, Your Province of Residence Can Cost You Dearly

July 30, 2019May 30, 2019

(Originally written November 9, 2017. This is still pertinent today). For the past year, my wife and I have been living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the population hub of Canada’s Maritime provinces. We love it … Read more

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