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Most people work for goals that don’t matter to them. Financial planning is critical to a successful life, yet many people never do it. Financial

Growing up, I have fond memories of time spent with my father Richard making trips to Ikea for furniture. Imagine a young, curious boy who

Do You Hate RRSPs? You’re Not Alone. The RRSP is one of the most important tools in your financial plan. However, there are a number

You have worked too hard to have your entire legacy destroyed due to lack of a plan. Without a proper estate plan, your family could

It can be hard to think about the future when so much is happening in the present. But what will happen if life throws a

Retirement is a time when people can finally relax and enjoy their lives. Unfortunately, many Canadians are running out of money in retirement and are

Financial plans are important to reach your goals. The problem is that many Canadians do not have one, or they don’t know if their plan

12,000 years ago, our hunter-gatherer ancestors began to think differently. Hunting and gathering was a painstaking and dangerous process that yielded short term results and

As published in The Richmond News. We are born to trust. Without trust, we would never have learned to walk, talk, take care of ourselves

On April 30, 2009, near the bottom of the massive global credit crisis, Chrysler LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to renegotiate its debt

There is a phrase that we use a lot in our family: “We stand on the shoulder of giants.” To us it means that so

We spend our lives either pursuing pleasure or avoiding pain. Obviously, pleasure is a far more desirable outcome than pain but I would like to

While listening to a podcast by Robin Sharma on “Why So Few Succeed,” one passage profoundly struck me: We live in a civilization of consumers.

A good friend of mine once told me that most people are not born volunteers. However, we are hard wired to help others when asked.

After all the bills are paid, we sometimes find ourselves with a surplus of cash and wondering how best to use it. Your options for

Occasionally, we may receive a windfall – a large, unexpected sum of money. In most cases, these windfalls come from inheritances, usually from parents or

We all love market volatility – as long as it is on the upside!.  Unfortunately, history has shown us that every bull market is often

Doesn’t it drive you crazy when you get to the end of a jigsaw puzzle and it’s ruined because you’re missing one final piece of

The work is almost done. You’ve accumulated a nest egg that will assure the retirement lifestyle you planned for. The golf course beckons, as does that year-long world cruise.  You are happy –

The problem with accumulating more wealth is in deciding what to do with your excess cash. The biggest question has always been: “contribute to investments

“A man who has his health has a thousand dreams. The man who doesn’t have his health has but one” Author unknown Tweet As many

Everybody procrastinates about something You are not alone. We all think that others have it together, but the truth is that we are all financial

I am told that the full version of our Federal Income Tax Act is more than 3,000 pages. I don’t believe it. If you’ve ever

Over the years spent teaching financial planning courses, I could count on two common comments: I should have taken this course years ago. My children

Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) is a simple systematic approach to buying investments.  DCA tempers the volatility of your investment portfolio by breaking down large investments

Most of us have forgotten life’s shortest and most transformational question: “Why?” As children we’ve learned important life lessons by asking “why?” almost nonstop until

A necessary feature of any article posted online is the feature image. For this post, I searched using the key words “Failure and Success.” The

Financial education in the workplace is more important than you may think. The most valuable resource most companies have is their employees. If financial stress

Financial problems are the leading cause of personal stress. This affects our physical and mental health, our family relationships and our productivity at work. I

This line has belonged to Sean Connery since first spoken in Ian Fleming’s 1962 production, “Dr. No.” Since that time, many of us have only