From the category archives:

Retirement

Financial Smarts: Everyone’s a winner.

May 24, 2011

Winning may not be everything, but it sure feels good. Just ask anyone who has put their finances back on track and who is sticking to a budget. There is no official award for that. But there are tons of rewards. Like not having to stew about the weight of your piggy bank every single [...]

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What about them RRSP loans eh?

April 15, 2011

Oh Canada! Land of angelic bankers and borrowers! Your love of the line of credit is well documented but what about your love of the RRSP loan? An RRSP loan is used specifically for your retirement plan often with the goal of getting enough of a tax refund to pay off some of the loan [...]

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All the women who are independent, RRSP or TFSA?!

March 22, 2011

I was raised by a single mother of three who instilled a fierce need for independence in me. I’m not the “I buy my own rings and shoes” kind of independent woman but the kind who is a conspiracy theorist and relies on no one but herself for anything because no one else can be [...]

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Consumer debt and savings. Good news and advice.

January 11, 2011

In an era of historic consumer debt, here is encouraging news that comes to us by way of a survey from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). For 2011, debt repayment is the number one financial planning priority of Canadians.   Also near the top of this year’s money management list among citizens of [...]

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Visit moneyville.ca and go to town with smart advice.

October 27, 2010

This may seem a little unusual, but this week I’m here to promote what technically might be called my competition. I want to tell you about a very special online space dedicated to personal money management – moneyville.ca. I don’t really view the site as a competitor, more as a friend really, since any good [...]

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Here’s your financial tool kit

August 4, 2010

For many of us, it’s not January but September that qualifies as the start of the new year in Canada. Come the end of the Labour Day weekend, there’s a feeling the whole world is getting back into gear. Schoolrooms, boardrooms and businesses come alive; social and cultural events start ramping up; hockey season gets [...]

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National Post: The new face of debt

June 14, 2010

I came across an interesting article by Andrew Allentuck in today’s National Post that is worthy of sharing.  We all need to be aware of how our golden years of retirement can be very stressful when debt is a part of the plan. For James Kennedy, a federal civil servant before he retired, and his [...]

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The Best Paying Job in the World. Retirement.

February 19, 2010

Your golden years should be just that. Last week John McCrank of Reuters provided an interesting report about what it’s like to retire in Canada. If it’s any solace in these tough times, McCrank tells us we are considerably less stressed out about retirement than Americans. In fact, he says the reality of retirement is [...]

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