Do you ever feel like life is too automated? Maybe you’re suspicious of the cruise control feature on your car. You’re not a fan of auto-pilot on commercial flights.
You prefer to know that an experienced individual has their hands on the wheel and is ready to respond to new conditions.
Automation can be a great thing, but sometimes, you need a human being to oversee critical parts of the process. It takes someone with insight and experience to say, “Does this plan make sense for my client? Is there too much risk in this asset allocation strategy?”
Today there are thousands investment fund available across Canada. In order to assist our clients with creating quality portfolios, we use sophisticated…
RRIF
A Registered Retirement Income Fund is an investment plan, established in accordance with Government of Canada requirements, into which…
GIC
Guaranteed Investment Certificates are issued in your name and can’t be sold except to the institution that issued them. You agree to…
RESP
Registered Education Savings Plans are registered education savings plans that grow tax-free until the child is ready for university, college or…
TFSA
A Tax-Free Savings Account is a registered savings account that allows taxpayers to earn investment income tax-free inside the account. Contributions to…
LIF
A Life Income Fund (LIF) is a retirement income plan using locked-in pension money and the owner of the LIF can control the investments held…
RRSP
A Registered Retirement Savings Plan is a retirement plan that is registered with the federal government and that you or your spouse or common-law…
LIRA
The Locked-In Retirement Account (LIRA) and Locked-In Retirement Savings Plan (LRSP) enable you, as an employee to maintain the tax-deferred…
RDSP
Since in 2008, the Registered Disability Savings Plan has been available to Canadians who qualify for the disability tax credit and offers…
Borrowing to Invest
Leveraged investing is defined as borrowing money to finance an investment. You are familiar with the concept of leverage if you’ve…
After years of living the “rat race”, you are looking forward…
You are more experienced now, your bank account is larger,…
During the last market downturn a few years ago, retirees who…
Many people assume that estate planning is only for the…
Proper analysis is vital to ensure that you aren’t paying too…