The 60/40 portfolio: A phoenix or a dud for retirees?
Retired or near retirement and rethinking the classic balanced asset allocation? Here’s the debate—that’s not really a debate—on the...
Making sense of the markets this week: October 9
Welcomed negative economic signals, earnings reports for jeans and beer, best performing stocks of the last 20 years, and...
How might inflation impact your retirement plans?
Inflation not only affects the cost of living—it could mean your investments don’t grow the way you've hoped. Consider...
Making sense of the markets this week: October 2
The best time to be a market bull, BlackBerry earnings, Nike revenues just do it, and a look at...
Tontines in Canada: Moving from theory to practice as a solution to our retirement crisis
You may be hearing about new products that sound like tontines, even if they’re not called tontines. Here’s why....
Making sense of the markets this week: September 18
Interest rates and the markets, Oracle’s earnings report, a look at wealth and happiness, and what’s a “tontine”? ...
Delaying CPP and OAS to age 70: Is it worth the wait?
The longer you wait to use CPP and OAS, the more you could earn monthly. But with the recent...
Making sense of the markets this week: August 7
Do earnings matter in 2022? Will Canada follow the U.S. into a recession? Plus other fascinating market fodder.
Does it make sense to retire when we’re still in a pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic has been life-changing for those over 60, and not just because of the risk of illness....