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Fixed-Income Investors: Is it Time to Switch from GICs to Bonds?

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by Russell Sawatsky

There are compelling reasons to invest in equities over the long term. So much so that academics in the field of finance will tell you that the traditional strategy of investors shifting an increasing balance of their assets to fixed income as they approach retirement...

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How to Keep Your Cash Safe: Consider an Online Broker

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by Russell Sawatsky

Among the biggest items of financial news this month, March 2023, has been the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) followed by Signature Bank. This has Canadians wondering about the security of their deposits at our banks. Deposits at banks that are members of the...

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Where to Keep Your Short-Term Money

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by Russell Sawatsky

You are careful with your money. You have made it a general rule to avoid debt – except for the mortgage on your home – in order to force yourself to live within your means. Well, you do use a credit card, but you have...

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Insuring Your BFF (Your Bank or Financial Firm)

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by Russell Sawatsky

An Introduction to Insurance and Risk Management – Part 8.2 In my last post, I wrote about Assuris, a body that insures you against the insolvency of a life insurance company. This post has to do with insuring against the insolvency of banks and credit unions.   CANADA...

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Assuris: Insurance that Manages the Risk of Insurance

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by Russell Sawatsky

An Introduction to Insurance and Risk Management – Part 8.1 Imagine you are 35 years old. You are married and you have two children. A few years ago, you and your spouse each bought term life insurance policies from the Flawless Life Insurance Company (aka FlawLife...

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What is Not an Investment?

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by Russell Sawatsky

Introduction to Investment Planning – Part 1 People often use the terms savings and investments as though they mean the same thing. This makes sense because generally speaking you cannot invest unless you have money to invest. You cannot have money to invest unless you have...

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  • Should I Invest in the U.S.? Tariffs, Trump, and the Ethics of Investing as a Canadian

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