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Tax considerations using the RRSP vehicle

RRSPs alone may not be best for the wealthy The following chart indicates that you can save a small fortune over time in an RRSP. Since your focus is on retirement, much of your wealth may accumulate using this registered vehicle. …


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Life View

What insurance protects travelers and visitors?

These insurance plans can offer emergency medical protection for visitors, immigrants, foreign students and residents who are not covered by government health insurance...


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Investor Insight

Inflation: An increasing threat to financial sustainability.

Over the years, inflation reduces our buying power. Interest rates when increasing to reduce inflation also increase our debt repayment load as a percentage of income.


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Life Insurance

Mortgage Life Insurance Strategies

Mortgage Life Insurance from the financial institution Premiums can be much higher. The death benefit replaces only the remaining balance of your mortgage balance. Premiums do not reduce when your mortgage debt is reduced. The death benefit only pays off …


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Estate View

Life Insurance can solve the final RRSP tax bite

Did you know that you cannot pass on your registered retirement savings tax free to your heirs?


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How life Insurance protects your financial foundation

Life insurance has been called the foundational strategy of building and protecting your net worth.


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Investor Insight

The perils of cashing out in volatile markets

Though volatility has been frequent, Dow Jones has risen substantially through the waves of buying and selling trends. During the pandemic, panic selling occurred in March 2020 but recovered despite volatility. Moreover, a bullish buying period ensued into April 2022, …


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Investor Insight

Balancing Investor Risk and Reward

The risk/reward concept states that the higher the risk of a particular investment, the higher the possible return. Although there usually is some risk with any equity investment, it is essential to assess just how much risk your portfolio should carry. Risk involves the potential for gain or loss of monies invested.


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5 Options of a Buy-Sell Agreement

When a co-owner/partner dies, the surviving business owners usually have five options in dealing with the deceased owner’s business interest: 1. Buy out the heirs of the partner with Life Insurance proceeds. This is usually the most preferred option. After …


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Investor Insight

Fear – the stumbling block of DYI investing.

Many do-it-yourself (DIY) investors who do not use an investment advisor may have missed excellent returns as the market has revived beyond expectations. Interest rates were up, US banks were failing, and recession fears had loomed since January 2023. Fear …


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Life Insurance

Disability Buy-Sell Agreements

Two strategies protect shareholders against the liabilities of another significant shareholder becoming disabled.


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Investor Insight

How market volatility can work for the investor

Volatility is when prices of stocks and equity funds increasingly shift in value up or down.


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Estate View

7 ways life insurance protects your financial foundation

Life insurance has been called the foundation of your net worth. If you have a spouse or children, the initial stages of your financial strategy should include adequate life insurance coverage.


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Investor Insight

Investing with an advisory team

If you are an investor who remembers the mortgage debt crisis of 2008-9, you know that the stock market lost significant value. From an investment standpoint, the real downside occurred when some investors sold off their equity holdings due to …


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