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Middle Age couple enjoying cooking together as part of their retirement plan.

If you are within 5 years of retirement, do this now!

Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® Track your expenses!!  If you are thinking about retiring within the next 5 years, you need to determine how much you spend in a year. Your day to day living expenses is the starting point to

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Three of our best insights for February 2025

Three of our Best Insights for February 2025

Our Monthly 3-2-1- Newsletter RESOURCE: Nine Tax Strategies to Pay Less Tax in Retirement Your goal in retirement should be to organize your income stream to: The result will be greater spending for you today and potentially greater wealth for the next generation. RESOURCE: The Three Stages of Retirement Spending When

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Case Study on Ross and Rachel's transition to Retirement so they have a clear path forward.

Ross and Rachel’s Transition to Retirement: A Clearer Path Forward

Case Study: Ross (64) is gearing up for retirement this year, while Rachel (60) retired last year after dedicating over 35 years to her career. Over the years, they’ve saved diligently using workplace savings plans, RRSPs, and TFSAs. Recently, a family inheritance added another layer of complexity to their financial

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What is the Next Gen Education Conversation?

What is the Next Gen Education Conversation?

Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® It has been my experience that personal finance has not been taught well in high school or even University. I know that our kids had no such education at school. Simple ideas such as paying off

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Blog by Jack Lumsden on Three of the best Insights for January 2025.

Three of our Best Insights for January 2025

Our Monthly 3-2-1- Newsletter Our blog has grown tremendously over the last three years, with over 100 posts, each aimed at providing valuable insights into financial planning.  In this compilation, I’ve selected the articles that stand out as essential reads, whether you’re just starting your financial journey to retirement or

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Chapter One of Preserving Wealth
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Preserving Wealth The Next Generation

The Definitive Guide to Protecting, Investing, and Transferring Wealth. This book is based on my experiences working with many families developing and implementing plans to ...
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People are living longer, everything gets more expensive, markets are unpredictable, and tax rules keep changing. That’s why we created the R5 Retirement Playbook™
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The R5 Retirement Playbook™ A Smarter Way to Retire with Confidence

Retirement today isn’t what it used to be. People are living longer, everything gets more expensive, markets are unpredictable, and tax rules keep changing. That’s ...
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What happens if markets struggle not just for a year… but for an entire decade?
Retirement Planning

Are You Prepared for a “Lost Decade” in Retirement?

As you approach retirement, one of the biggest concerns is market volatility. And understandably so—no one likes seeing their investments decline. The reality, however, is ...
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Investment and retirement discussion about money and when you will need it for retirement.
Estate & Legacy Planning

When Do You Need The Money?

In a meeting with a potential client, they asked, “How should I invest the money I just received?” The key issues to review are: What ...
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To reduce your tax burden, you will want to have investments that generate capital gains and dividend income and avoid interest income and foreign dividends.
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How Business Owners can increase their Retirement Savings by Investing within their Corporation.

A great strategy many owners of Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPC) use to build up retirement savings is to invest within their corporation using the benefit of ...
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The benefits of Disability Insurance
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Do you need Disability Insurance?

Disability Insurance? While reviewing the financial documents during a meeting with a couple in their forties who wished to create a retirement plan, I didn’t ...
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