by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Sep 18, 2017 | All About Investing, Musings, Risk Management
“When I was born the doctor came out to the waiting room and said to my father “I’m very sorry. We did everything we could, but he pulled through.”– Rodney Dangerfield Poor Rodney. Never got any respect. Kind of like annuities. There are a few reasons...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Aug 25, 2017 | All About Investing, Risk Management
The Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) is responsible for managing conflicts and complaints between Canadian banks and their customers and banks. Following a recent rash of customer complaints, the OBSI has commenced a formal review of banking sales...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Aug 15, 2017 | All About Investing, Retirement, Risk Management
Is your magic number one million dollars, two million dollars, or five hundred thousand dollars? It really depends on six primary factors. These six factors, depending on how they relate to you, will either mean you have to save more or less to be comfortable in...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | Aug 8, 2017 | All About Investing, Retirement, Risk Management
Clients will occasionally ask: Why isn’t my investment doing well? Then I ask which one they’re concerned about, and what they’re basing that determination on. They say: Well, that’s what the statement says. That’s what I’m looking at! But statements can be...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | May 24, 2017 | Risk Management
By now, most of you working with a financial advisor or robo-advisor have completed a standard risk tolerance questionnaire. You know the questions: How much of a percentage decline in your portfolio can you tolerate over the short term? How soon will you been needing...
by Rona Birenbaum BAS CFP®, CHFS | May 4, 2017 | All About Investing, Risk Management
Typically, severance packages do not include a continuation of disability insurance. This, despite the courts having made clear* that an employer is obligated to continue all benefits during the common law notice period, in the absence of a contract stating otherwise!...
