The Evolution of Advice
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To get the best out of your current financial advisor, you need to better appreciate what kind of advice is available to you today versus in the past. And more importantly, what the provision of advice now and in future may look like and how this may impact your ability to access quality advice. The […]
Are You Prepared For the Unexpected?
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Besides ‘death’ and ‘taxes’, the other certainty in life is that life is full of unexpected events. So why aren’t we more prepared for financial stresses when they occur? With the odds of an unexpected event such as a job loss, a medical emergency, a debilitating accident, or a death in the family fairly high […]
Debt Reduction as a Retirement Savings Strategy
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Statistics Canada recently reported the ratio of household credit market debt to disposable income reached the highest level since the agency began tracking this figure. In 1990 it was 50%, rose to 110% in 2000 and jumped to 171% by the fourth quarter of 2017. This can cause some angst for those with children reaching […]