by Seun Adeyemi | Aug 20, 2015 | Retirement Planning
It’s no coincidence that retirement is a hot button election issue. With the aging baby boomer population already starting to enter retirement, pensions are once again at the forefront of the conversation. There’s a looming retirement crisis in Canada: Canadians are...
by Seun Adeyemi | Aug 13, 2015 | Investing
The Canadian dollar has been in news headlines a lot lately for all the wrong reasons. How low can the Canadian dollar go? The loonie is fresh off an 11-year low last week. Weak GDP growth, coupled with the falling price of oil, has had the loonie on a freefall in...
by Seun Adeyemi | Aug 7, 2015 | Education Planning
With the federal election set for the fall on October 19, 2015, the Conservatives wasted no time in depositing money directly into the bank accounts of parents who qualify for the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB). 3.8 million families with children 17 years old and...
by Seun Adeyemi | Jul 27, 2015 | Investing
In last week’s blog post, we discussed low interest rates and household debt. While the low interest rate environment is encouraging Canadians to borrow money like never before, what about savings? The statistics speak for themselves: savings rates in this country are...
by Seun Adeyemi | Jul 23, 2015 | Investing
We identify with Linus van Pelt, brother to Lucy, and best friend to Charlie Brown, all of whom characters from the innovative mind of Charles Schultz. Schultz didn’t work for peanuts, but Peanuts sure worked for him. But back to Linus: Linus had several quirks, the...
