Annuities

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Retired Money

Inflation and investments: Heads up if you’re retired or retiring soon

How will inflation affect your investments? Experts dissect what the rising cost of living means for retirees and those...

Inflation and investments: Heads up if you’re retired or retiring soon
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Investing

Target-date funds in Canada: Investing for the year you plan to retire

Looking for a way to simplify your retirement investment strategy? A lot of people in Canada are meeting that...

Target-date funds in Canada: Investing for the year you plan to retire
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Retired Money

Reading the “Annual Returns of Key Asset Classes”—what it means for Canadian investors

Our Retired Money columnist talks of the importance and lessons investors can glean from Franklin Templeton’s charts of Annual Returns of...

Reading the “Annual Returns of Key Asset Classes”—what it means for Canadian investors
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Tax-efficient retirement strategy options for Canadians

Tax-efficient retirement strategy options for Canadians

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Columns

Does TINA still apply for the stock market? Are GICs and bonds a new option for Canadian investors?

Here’s why it’s still true that there’s no alternative (TINA) to investing in the stock market if you want...

Does TINA still apply for the stock market? Are GICs and bonds a new option for Canadian investors?
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Retired Money

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...

The 60/40 portfolio: A phoenix or a dud for retirees?
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“Why do I need a financial plan?”

“Why do I need a financial plan?”
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Investing

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”? ...

Making sense of the markets this week: September 18

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Annuity vs. GIC: What makes sense for retiring?

Annuity vs. GIC: What makes sense for retiring?

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