by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Apr 8, 2015 | All About Investing, For Business Owners
You applied for an insurance policy (life, disability, critical illness or long term care) and your agent advised you that “there is good news and bad news”. The good news is you got approved for coverage. The bad news is that the insurance company has rated the...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Mar 30, 2015 | All About Investing, Retirement, Risk Management
Most retirees have several sources of retirement income. The largest contributor to this income is typically a portfolio of investments. Retirees spend decades savings for the future and trying to maximize returns to build the largest possible nest egg. When investors...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Jul 16, 2014 | All About Investing, Risk Management
There was a time (the early 1980’s) when 5-year GICs and government bonds were paying 12% yields. Investors think fondly of those days even though the inflation rate was also in double digits at this time, making the real rate of return (interest rate less inflation)...
by Guest Blogger | May 22, 2014 | All About Investing, All About Tax, Risk Management
Guest blogger: Mark Goodfield In August 2011, Mark posted a blog titled “The Income Tax implications of Purchasing a Rental Property”. There are 300 comments and answers on that post (so many that he added a note at the end of the blog a while back, that he would stop...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | May 15, 2014 | All About Investing, Risk Management
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is a Crown Corporation which administers the National Housing Act and provides mortgage insurance for high ratio mortgages. Mortgage loan insurance is typically required by lenders when homebuyers make a down payment of...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Feb 13, 2014 | All About Investing, All About Tax
This special issue is designed to highlight the budget changes that will have the greatest impact on our clients. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list of the new budget measures. If you have questions about any of the budget announcements, please let us know....
