Home Page Blog View

Are you a Retirement Savings Late Starter?

Jun 12 2023

Harry and Sally both earned high incomes and liked to live the good life. They leased higher end European cars, took two-week exotic vacations almost every year, and lived in a house much larger than they truly needed. To accomplish this lifestyle, they put off retirement savings. Now in their forties, Harry and Sally are realizing they have some catching up to do. Six things to consider are:

retirement planning

Warren Buffett Wisdom

May 08 2023

Investment icon Warren Buffett says there's wisdom in being "fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful." ¹ He first gave this advice in 1986 and has re-iterated it over the past few decades during times of financial uncertainty: 9/11 in 2001, the 2008 mortgage crisis, the 2011 Black Monday crash and the 2020 global pandemic.

investment planning

A Short Conversation About Banks

May 08 2023

The recent tremors in the US banking system (collapse of Silicon Valley Bank - SVB) have caused some Canadians to question how developments in the US might affects their own savings. The key thing to understand is that there are BIG differences between Canadian and US banking systems.

financial planning