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Mark Carney tells U.S. investors Canada 'can help make America great again' May 28th
The prime minister urged New York investors and the American administration to see Canada as a trusted ally and safe haven for investment..... More »
How retirees should respond to the Iran crisis + MORE Mar 26th
Cynics have rechristened America’s attack on Iran as Operation Epstein Fury, suggesting the main reason for Operation Epic Fury (as the Trump Administration originally called it) was to distract from the Epstein Files and the president’s one million mentions therein. Whether that cynicism is ju.... More »
How to prepare for life as a single-income family + MORE Jun 30th
Zena Amundsen didn’t realize how tight finances could be for a single-income household after she and her husband welcomed their first baby. She quickly had to learn to keep track of every dollar, recalled Amundsen, a Regina-based certified financial planner at Astra Financial Services.
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Canada’s home insurance under pressure as extreme weather costs rise Feb 19th
Canada’s home insurance safety net is starting to fray at the edges as the costs of extreme weather continue to rise. While competition is still healthy, and the country has so far avoided the coverage deserts growing in the United States, insurers are paring back policies in a variety of ways to .... More »
Why Vanguard’s ETF aimed at retirees is currently cautious in its asset allocation Feb 27th
As a semi-retired investor who recently started a registered retirement income fund (RRIF), I regard exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from Vanguard Group as a major part of my core portfolio, along with low-volatility ETFs from BMO ETFs, and income-oriented ETFs from various other vendors.
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David Chilton was down on his luck. In 1988, the aspiring author decided to cash in his RRSP and self-publish a book about a savvy barber who dispenses financial advice—like not to cash in your RRSP—to curious, wisecracking customers. “The one time I was struggling—badly—in finance was when I was writing the original ‘Wealthy Barber,’” he said.
Surrounded by faded wood panelling, Chilton penned it by hand on a brown, lamplit card table in the basement of his home in Kitchener, Ont., carrying on despite “very mixed reviews” on the initial chapters from industry experts. Guided instead by the feedback of a dozen “beer-swigging” softball teammates, he emerged from the cellar over a year later with a personal finance classic now on more than two million Canadians’ bookshelves.
The Wealthy Barber gets a modern update
Although much of the advice from “The Wealthy Barber” feels timeless, an alphabet soup of TFSAs, RESPs, and FHSAs has since emerged as real estate prices soared ever higher, all amid a cacophony of online personal finance pundits and stock pickers…
