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Essential Insights from the Double O’s: Chapter Two

Authored by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP®, Financial Advisor, Assante Financial Management Ltd.  For your FREE Copy of Preserving Wealth, CLICK HERE Chapter 2 delves into the importance of assessing one’s financial standing through the “Double-O Lists” – what you Own and what you Owe. Set in a familial setting, Uncle

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Are you on track with your Retirement Strategy?

Retirement Tax Layering: Partial RRIF/RRSP Conversion

Authored by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP®, Financial Advisor, Assante Financial Management Ltd. Additional editing by ChatGPT. For your FREE Copy of Preserving Wealth, CLICK HERE Introduction Retirees contemplating their financial strategy often find value in Retirement Tax Layering which is strategically converting a portion of their RRSPs to RRIFs before

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What are the 7 Key Lessons for Inheritance and Financiak Planning?

What are 7 Key Lessons for Inheritance and Financial Planning? 

Preserving Wealth for the Next Generation  In the first chapter of Preserving Wealth for the Next Generation, we are introduced to a family gathering at their father’s summer cottage in Honey Harbour. It’s the opening weekend of summer, but it’s filled with mixed emotions, as the family is coming to

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Capital Gains Tax Changes 2024

What Should We Do with the Change in Capital Gains Tax?

For your FREE Copy of Preserving Wealth, CLICK HERE The latest budget has proposed an increase in the capital gains inclusion rate for individuals, corporations, and trusts starting June 25, 2024. However, this part of the legislation is being introduced separately from the main bill. Should you do anything before

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What are the two Main Types of Risks when Investinv?

What are the Two Main Types of Risks when Investing?

For your FREE Copy of Preserving Wealth, CLICK HERE Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® There are basically two main types of risk: Capital Preservation Risk and Inflation Risk. “Capital preservation risk is the risk that your capital is not there when

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Earning Investment Income in a Corporation

Earning Investment Income in a Corporation – Budget Update

For your FREE Copy of Preserving Wealth, CLICK HERE Written by: Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP®, Financial Advisor, Assante Financial Management Ltd. 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 the tax deferral

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Health and Medical Tax Strategy
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Smart Tax Strategies for Retirees I Keep Track of Health & Medical Expenses

A smart tax strategy during retirement is to keep track of your medical expenses and take advantage of any credits that may be available.
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Check your beneficiary designations now
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Avoid a huge $$$$ mistake. Check your beneficiary designations now!

Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® In an article by Emma Davie in CBC News Canada, about ...
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Happy Couple enjoying their retirement
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Smart Tax Strategies for Retirees: Income Splitting

Income tax is one of the largest expenses any retiree has. A smart tax strategy to reduce a family’s overall tax burden is to split ...
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Choosing your Executor
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Who Should You Name As Executor?

Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® A common question I received as an advisor is whom should ...
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Spend the Money
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“Spend the Money”: A Gentle Reminder That Life Is Happening Now

Intro: If you’ve ever felt guilty about spending your own money—even after a lifetime of saving – it turns out, you’re not alone. In a ...
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Ever feel like your financial plan has to be perfect?
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“Why Being ‘Less Wrong’ Might Be the Best Plan”

Ever feel like your financial plan has to be perfect? It doesn’t. In fact, trying to make it perfect can actually hold you back. I ...
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