Before You Invest

Report of the Task Force on Financial Literacy

The Task Force on Financial Literacy has delivered its final report to the Minister of Finance. The report, entitled Canadians…

15 years ago

CEDIFs – a local investment option for your RRSP

Special guest post by Kevin Redden, Director of Corporate Finance at the Nova Scotia Securities Commission. A CEDIF, or Community…

15 years ago

Investing for Retirement 3: The Tax-Free Savings Account

Canadians’ options when saving for retirement were broadened in 2009 with the introduction of the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA). The…

15 years ago

Investing for Retirement 2: What exactly is an RRSP, anyway?

Before I go any further in blogging about RRSP deadlines and retirement planning, I feel the need for a back-to-the-basics…

15 years ago

Investing for Retirement

It’s getting to be that time of year again. The RRSP deadline is March 1, and people across the country…

15 years ago

Book Review: What Investors Really Want by Meir Statman

If I had any say in the matter, books like this one would be mandatory reading material for new financial advisers and…

15 years ago

New Year’s Resolutions: Read your monthly account statements!

I freind once told me he doesn’t read his monthly investment account statements because he doesn’t want to micro-manage his…

15 years ago

New Year’s Investing Resolutions: Check your credit report – for free

The new year is traditionally a time when everyone vows to make changes and start fresh. Often these changes are…

15 years ago

Beware illegal foreign lottery scams

It may just be the time of year. Everyone is sending like mad, and most everyone wishes they had just…

15 years ago

Assessing the risks of peer-to-peer lending

A good loan can be hard to find, so borrowers and lenders increasingly are turning to the Internet to find…

15 years ago