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DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO RETIRE?
If financial projections and retirement readiness are what you are after, we using some professional financial software (software that we are using for our own plans in fact), and making it available to you in our affordable and value-packed membership options. With this powerful software, we provide a detailed report(s) that answers questions specific to your financial situation and assumptions such as:
- Do I have enough to retire?
- When can I retire?
- Will I run out of money in retirement?
- What is the most I can spend in retirement?
- How much of a financial legacy can I leave behind?
- Should I take CPP at age 65 or 70?
- How do I minimize OAS clawback?
- Which account (and when) should I withdraw from for the highest tax efficiency and estate value?
Featured articles
Best GIC Rates in Canada
Because rates change so quickly, we’re back with this updated post thanks to various member questions and feedback. Read on, and enjoy! As you well know, to build wealth, it takes more than savings to compound away to grow your portfolio into something meaningful. That said, keeping cash savings secure or guaranteed in some cases can be very smart. What are GICs? What are the…
What is the Longevity Pension Fund and should you own it?
Back in 2021, there was a lot of buzz about the Purpose Investments Longevity Pension Fund and for good reason – it sought out to solve a number of big problems that retirees face. A couple of years later, has this fund fulfilled its promise? What is the Longevity Pension Fund and should you own it? Read on in our updated post and reflections since…
How to Decumulate Assets in Retirement
Most of the wealth management industry is biased to asset accumulation, for many obvious reasons, but at some point, as an aspiring semi-retiree or a retiree, you’ll need to consider how to decumulate assets in retirement. Today’s post will tackle some of our thoughts on that, our current approaches, along with what we’ve learned from the experiences of our valued readers and clients to share…
Latest articles
Do Any Personal Finance Rules Add Up?
Dealing with your finances can be very tricky, because it is so very personal. For today’s post, we thought we’d revisit some popular personal finance rules of thumb to see if any of them really add up. Popular personal finance rules Effective money management starts with watching where all your money goes and/or just staying out of prolonged debt. Simple work can be very effective…
Best GIC Rates in Canada
Because rates change so quickly, we’re back with this updated post thanks to various member questions and feedback. Read on, and enjoy! As you well know, to build wealth, it takes more than savings to compound away to grow your portfolio into something meaningful. That said, keeping cash savings secure or guaranteed in some cases can be very smart. What are GICs? What are the…
Top Year-End Tax Season Tips
Gosh, almost the holiday season already?? While you might be focused on other things this holiday season, the end of the calendar year is also a great time to get recharged and financially reorganized before another year approaches. Before you get too busy with your holiday chores, here are some of our favourite year-end tax season tips to save money now and build wealth later….
What is the Longevity Pension Fund and should you own it?
Back in 2021, there was a lot of buzz about the Purpose Investments Longevity Pension Fund and for good reason – it sought out to solve a number of big problems that retirees face. A couple of years later, has this fund fulfilled its promise? What is the Longevity Pension Fund and should you own it? Read on in our updated post and reflections since…
How to Decumulate Assets in Retirement
Most of the wealth management industry is biased to asset accumulation, for many obvious reasons, but at some point, as an aspiring semi-retiree or a retiree, you’ll need to consider how to decumulate assets in retirement. Today’s post will tackle some of our thoughts on that, our current approaches, along with what we’ve learned from the experiences of our valued readers and clients to share…
Why the 4% Rule Doesn’t Work for Early Retirement (FIRE)
The 4% rule is a common rule of thumb in many retirement planning circles, including the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) community in particular. But…we don’t really like it for FIRE! What does the 4% rule actually mean? Should the 4% rule be used for any FIRE-seeker? Does the 4% rule really matter to retirement planning at all? Read on to find out our final…
Please Stop. Of Course, You Can Retire with Millions!
Really, these articles need to stop. Yes, you can retire with your millions. Here are some actual headlines from some newsworthy outlets or bloggers or financial experts and authors… Primary source: https://newsroom.bmo.com/ Source: X/formerly Twitter Source: Washington Post. From that Post article: “Things happen. . . If you have $20, $30, $50 or $100 million, be like me, okay? If you have that kind of…
Could You Retire if the Global Financial Crisis Happened Again?
Could you retire if the Global Financial Crisis happened again? With stocks tanking recently this summer along with rumours of another recession looming thanks to our existing housing crisis in Canada coupled with higher interest rates – we think this is a legitimate question to ask. You might recall The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) turned a few retirement dreams into investing nightmares. Stocks plunged in…
How to Start Investing for Beginners
How to start investing can be challenging for many and there is seemingly so much information to know. It’s also a challenge to figure out who to trust – so many people want your money! How can you start investing? What accounts should you start investing with? Should you buy: funds/ETFs or individual stocks? Today’s post answers those questions and much more with references to…
When Beat the TSX (BTSX) works and when it doesn’t!
In previous posts on our site, we highlighted the investing concepts behind Beat the TSX (BTSX) to juice your retirement income. In today’s updated post, we’ll highlight when the BTSX strategy works and when it doesn’t including so far in 2023! Along the way, we’ll remind you about our interview with an early retiree that not only follows this strategy but writes about it extensively…