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The best GIC rates in Canada for 2026 May 4th
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How life insurance brokers get paid Mar 25th
A life insurance broker gets paid to provide you with the best life insurance coverage for your needs. But how does the process work? To answer that, we’ve outlined what insurance brokers do, how insurance brokers get paid (by you and/or the provider?), and how to spot a great broker, so you can e.... More »
US economy surprises with faster than expected growth - BBC.com + MORE Jan 25th
US economy surprises with faster than expected growth BBC.comU.S. economy shrugs off recession prediction with strong fourth-quarter performance The Globe and MailU.S. economy grows more than expected at end of 2023, driven by consumer spending CBC NewsU.S. GDP unexp.... More »
How much income do you need to buy a home in Canada? A look at home affordability in April 2025 + MORE May 27th
April marked another chilly month for Canadian home sales, but there were perks in store for those actively on the house hunt. Home prices continue to soften in many of Canada’s largest urban centres, leading to an overall improvement in affordability in just over half of the cities.
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Six reasons to be grateful you don’t live in a hot housing market + MORE Apr 13th
We should celebrate the Canadian cities with more or less normal real estate conditions
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Develop your own pension plan with real estate
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Steward Kinmond, 70, and Barbara Sibbald, 58, in front of their mortgage-free new-build, close to Parliament Hill. (Photography by Jessica Deeks)Every morning, Barbara Sibbald and her husband Stewart Kinmond gaze out across their big backyard and watch the sunrise. Directly behind them is part of their retirement plan—standing as solid as a brick house. Because, well, it is a house. A big, old Victorian, in fact, that’s been retrofitted into a triplex just 15 minutes away from Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
When Barbara met Stewart just over a decade ago, he already owned two rental properties, including the Victorian triplex. After three years of dating, the two divorcees decided to tie the knot, but agreed: They’d live separately in their own homes. “We’re both artistic and needed space to create,” explains Barbara, an award-winning health journalist who also has a book of short stories coming out next March.
At the same time, Barbara started to look for her own investment property as a way to top up her nest egg…
Fairfax plans $1-billion African IPO
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The Toronto-based insurance and investment firm is looking to raise $1-billion for a new public company to invest in African businesses
When do segregated funds make sense?
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Q: We have $320,000 in a balanced portfolio in a LIRA. Our insurance agent wants us to transfer this money to segregated funds. I don’t think this is a wise move for us as we are close to retirement age. Am I right? And when do segregated funds make sense?
— Roger
A: You are right to be skeptical. Few unbiased financial planners would recommend segregated funds under any circumstances. In almost all cases, they only make sense for the agents who collect fat commission for selling them.
A “seg fund” is not actually a mutual fund: it’s an insurance product. That’s why they are often recommend by insurance advisors, who are often not licensed to sell other types of investments. If all you sell is hammers, every problem looks like a nail.
Seg funds come with a number of benefits that sound appealing. First, they have a maturity guarantee, which sets a minimum value for the fund after a specified period (often 10 years). In other words, if you invest your $320,000 in a seg fund with a 100% guarantee, you’d have assurance that it will be worth at least $320,000 at maturity, even if markets tank…
