by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Feb 6, 2014 | All About Investing, Musings, We Think You Might Enjoy...
I’ll admit it, when I picked up a copy of Preet Banerjee’s new book, Stop Over-Thinking Your Money, The Five Simple Rules of Financial Success, I immediately flipped to chapter seven. This is the chapter on Financial Advisors and I was very interested in what Preet...
by Guest Blogger | Oct 3, 2013 | All About Investing, All About Tax
Guest blog from Mark Goodfield, CPA CA LPA Cunningham LLP Believe it or not you can be charged a 20% penalty for missing information that the CRA already has on hand. In the next month or two, the CRA’s matching program will begin kicking out notices of reassessment...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Sep 4, 2013 | All About Investing, For Business Owners
Whether incorporated or a home based sole proprietor, business owners can deduct many operating expenses from their income. Here is a list of the most common expenses and a tip for effectively keeping track of them. Advertising – Costs associated with marketing your...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | May 13, 2013 | All About Investing
You’ve heard of High Frequency Trading (HFT) but have you seen it? The 2010 flash crash has been blamed on HFT. For those of you who forget the details, the term “flash crash” was coined when the U.S. stock market lost 1000 points in a matter of minutes before...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Jul 23, 2012 | All About Investing, All About Tax, Retirement
These days many Canadians are accepting career opportunities that take them to the United States for a number of years during which they accumulate assets in a U.S. retirement savings plan. Upon returning to Canada, it is possible to transfer the US retirement plan...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Sep 16, 2011 | All About Investing, Cash Flow Concerns
Yesterday, CNBC interviewed the President of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde on Europe’s fiscal problems. You can see the interview here. It is well worth 8 minutes of your time. In our view, resolution of the debt problems in Europe will take...
