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Learn More About Retirement Planning 

Insights

Learn More About Retirement Planning 

Financial Advisors

Where do Financial Advisors work?

If you are unwilling to create and manage your own Retirement Road Map, you will want to find an advisor that specializes in working with people who, like you, are planning for the transition to retirement or who may already be retired. A report from July 2014 called “Sound Advice

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Will and Power of Attorney planning

Planning your Will and Powers of Attorney

A common question we received is what we should consider when planning our wills and powers of attorney.  The following excerpt from the Book – Preserving Wealth describes this. APPENDIX C: PLANNING YOUR WILL AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY Introduction This document contains background information regarding the planning of your Will

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Retirement Income Withdrawel Strategies

Retirement Income Withdrawal Strategies

Retirement Income Withdrawal Strategies In our conversations with people making the transition from their working years to retirement, many have done a great job of saving over time. They end up with many potential retirement-income sources but are unsure of how to put it all together.  As a result, retirement

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Ontario Staycation Tax Credit

Ontario Staycation Tax Credit

If you are travelling in Ontario this year, be sure to keep track of your accommodation expenses as they can help you reduce your taxes. For 2022 Ontario has introduced a tax credit up to 20% of your accommodation expenses for stays in a hotel, campground, and/or cottage. WHAT CAN YOU

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Invest in the Stock Market

Why Invest in the Stock Market?

With the current stock market gyrations, people may wonder why they should invest in the stock market at all since stocks are not guaranteed and their values can go up and down.   To help frame it better, it may be useful to replace the words “stock market”  with the word

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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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Probate Planning with Trusts
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Trusts for Retirees – Probate Planning

When estate planning, most retirees wish to review strategies to avoid probate fees, which in Ontario are 1.5% of the value of the asset that ...
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Chapter Seven on being an executor
Estate & Legacy Planning

So, You’re an Executor – What are Your Duties and Liabilities?

Chapter Seven of Preserving Wealth. For your FREE Copy of Preserving Wealth, CLICK HERE The first three days of our vacation were perfect. The temperature ...
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Four conversations families should be having concerning their financial and estate plans.
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The Four Essential Family Conversations

Excerpts from the Book – Preserving Wealth – written by Jack Lumsden, MBA, CFP® Based on my experience of helping many families over the years, ...
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The Definitive Guide to Protecting, Investing, and Transferring Wealth.

You can purchase a Hard Copy of Preserving Wealth HERE

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