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US Citizen? Avoid RESPs
U.S.citizens continue to have obligations for U.S. tax purposes even though they may be a Canadian resident for many years.
The Financial Industry Explained
A banker, broker and financial planner walk into a bar…
Don’t let Group Disability Insurance Let you Down
If you are fully disabled for the rest of your working life, the disability benefits within your group medical insurance can easily exceed $1 million over time.
Finding a missing Canada Savings Bond
In past blogs I have highlighted how to find an unclaimed bank balance and a missing life insurance policy. As it turns out, there are millions of matured Canada Savings Bonds (CSBs) that are sitting un-cashed somewhere.
Health Insurance Costs How Much???
This is often the response when I tell clients what it would cost to replace their company group health insurance if they become self-employed or find new employment with a company that does not offer as generous a group health insurance program.
What Mortgage were you Sold?
Mortgages are more often sold than bought. Evidence of this truth is best illustrated by the number of Canadians choosing to buy into the TD Collateral Mortgage structure.
How to Find a Missing Life Insurance Policy
A few Money Insights readers that read the most recent blog regarding searching for unclaimed bank balances asked if there was a similar search service for missing life insurance policies.
Does the Bank of Canada owe you money?
At the end of 2009, there were over one million unclaimed bank account balances worth $395 million dollars in Canada.
To Commute or Not to Commute, that is the question
If you have been a member of a pension plan for a number of years, the benefits you have accumulated in the plan could be an important (possibly your primary) source of income in retirement.
