FP | September 14, 2010
“It’s not what you earn but what you keep that’s important”, meaning that you must minimize taxes and maximize cash flow to keep more of what you earn. Understanding how various forms of income are taxed is helpful to understand what you can do to adjust your income resources where possible to lessen the burden [...]
Category: Financial Knowledge, Financial Plan, Money Management, Whole Life Insurance-Cash Value |
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Tags: Cash Flow, Dividends, Financial Knowledge, Income Forms, Money managment
FP | August 25, 2010
I often find my clients paying the minimum on their credit card balances. Some of these people are in a situation where they can not afford to pay more, but some would be able to pay the full balance, but they choose not to because they don’t really understand how accumulated debt works. Why is [...]
Category: Financial Knowledge, Money Management |
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Tags: Credit Cards, Debt Elimination, Manage Debt, Personal Finance
FP | February 9, 2010
While few Canadians may feel they don’t have enough tax-friendly savings vehicles, most ordinary working Canadians are well pressed even to maximize the contribution room they already have for their registered retirement savings plans. Unfortunately, personal contributions in RRSPs have declined for more than a decade and will continue to do so as Baby Boomers [...]
Category: Financial Knowledge, Money Management, RESP, TFSA |
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Tags: Financial Knowledge, Financial Plan, Registered Savings, RESP, Steps to financial independence, TFSA
FP | January 2, 2010
We all like new beginnings, new chances! Wouldn’t you too like to have a new start? A new chance to start all over again? Most of us made some mistakes over the years what we would like to erase from our memories, most of us would like to go back and change the words we [...]
Category: Debt Elimination, Financial Budget, Financial Knowledge, Financial Plan, How to get out of debt, Money Management, Wealth Principles |
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Tags: Financial Knowledge, Financial Plan, Manage Debt, Money
FP | December 9, 2009
The holiday shopping season has been in full swing for several weeks, and everywhere, consumers are struggling with how to avoid impulse buys and avoid adding to their debt load. Every year you hear over and over again the how to: stay on a budget, keep a list, check the list again, and sleep on [...]
Category: Debt Elimination, Financial Budget, Financial Plan, How to get out of debt, Money Management, Money Mistakes, Spending Plan |
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Tags: Christmas Season, Credit Cards, Debt Elimination, Emotional Spending, Financial Budget, Financial Plan, Holiday Season, Holiday Spending, Personal Finance
FP | April 21, 2009
On Tuesday April 21, 2009 the Bank of Canada lowered its interest rates to a historic low rate of 0.25%. I found this article interesting, so I decided to share it with you. Posted: April 21, 2009, 11:13 PM by James Cowan In this occasional feature, the Post tells you everything you need to know [...]
Category: Financial Knowledge, Money Management |
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Tags: Bank of Canada, Canadian Government, Financial Knowledge, Financial Plan, Manage Debt, Money, Money managment, Mortgage Rate Cuts, Personal Finance