How to plan for retirement for Canadians: A review of Four Steps to a Worry-Free Retirement course + MORE Oct 26th

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Marriage or mortgage: Which is the better investment?

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Weddings can be expensive, but so can many of the things that come after a wedding—like a home purchase, starting a family and saving for retirement. That means money is an important relationship issue even before a couple ties the knot.

Both weddings and home purchases can both cause people to think or spend irrationally—especially amid the rush to “get in the real estate market” while mortgage rates are higher than they have been in 15 years. How can a couple decide which is the better use of their hard-earned savings?

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How much does it cost to get married these days?

Let’s start with weddings. The costs associated with their big day can range drastically from couple to couple, depending on their wedding plans and the size of their family. The dollars differ widely among industry estimates, as well. According to The Knot Worldwide’s 2023 Global Wedding Report, the average Canadian wedding costs USD$19,000—about $25,000 Canadian at the current exchange rate…

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How to plan for retirement for Canadians: A review of Four Steps to a Worry-Free Retirement course

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With November incoming and being Financial Literacy Month in Canada, it seems appropriate to devote this edition of the Retired Money column to a new Canadian DIY retirement course created by MoneySense’s “Making sense of the markets” columnist Kyle Prevost.

Entitled 4 Steps to a Worry-Free Retirement, the multimedia course is targeted to virtually the same readers as this column: those thinking seriously of retiring from the workforce in the next decade or two, including semi-retirees or those who have already reached this milestone but who want to fine tune their retirement income strategy.

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In addition to his MoneySense column, Prevost is also one of the bloggers behind Million Dollar Journey, which has been running since 2006. Not only is he a subject matter expert in Canadian personal finance, but he is also a school teacher, which makes him doubly qualified to create this course, which he describes as a first in Canada…

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