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You have probably heard about the old 70 percent rule that suggests retirees will need the equivalent of about 70 percent of their current income level to maintain their lifestyle in retirement. This assumes that retirement living costs will be 30 percent less during working years. While it may have …

We hope that everyone had a good time over the Holidays. We enjoyed a couple of weeks out of the office with the girls. For the most part, we stayed close to home (as it was dreadfully cold) but we did get out to Drumheller for a night to check …

The penny finally dropped a couple of months ago during a client conversation about the risk of investing in the equity markets. The client was reluctant to commit money to the investment markets and gave me several reasons – “the markets were too high and ready to crash”, “there were …

We’ve had a few weeks to make and break our New Year’s resolutions. Now is a good time to make some promises to give your finances an extra boost in 2018 and help see you better off by year-end.   1. Promise to make the biggest RRSP contribution you can. …

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The conversation with clients about retirement income planning is much different from those conversations that occur over the years while they are building retirement assets using vehicles such as pensions, RRSPs, LIRA’s, TFSAs and so on. Often, their focus is on being “conservative” because their understanding from public sources suggest …

As 2017 draws to a close, Natalie and I wish everyone the best going into the Holiday Season. It’s such a busy time of year but we hope that you’ll all get some down time in at the end of the month. We’ll be working up until Friday, December 22nd. …

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