“Why not both?” This is the answer the wife gives to her husband when he asks whether they should install an indoor or an outdoor hot tub. Perhaps you recall that commercial from one of the major providers of reverse mortgages in Canada. While the...
Read MoreInsurance and Risk Management – Part 7 What? There is a risk in living too long? Imagine you are 65 years old. You have been reasonably diligent in saving for retirement. Now is the time to cash in. You are about to start receiving your Canada Pension...
Read MoreAn Introduction to Insurance and Risk Management – Part 5 One of my daughters gave me a subscription to Audible, the audio book company, for Christmas 2018. Among the first books I listened to was Thinking in Bets, by Annie Duke. The book highlights making decisions...
Read MoreAn Introduction to Registered Plans – Part 2 You’ve saved up all that money in your RRSP. Now what? The Registered Retirement Savings Plans, intended to encourage saving for retirement, was introduced by the Government of Canada in 1957. If you have saved inside an RRSP, eventually you...
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