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Real Estate

What is property tax?

Read about property tax, what it’s used for and how your annual property tax amount is calculated if you...

What is property tax?

Taxes

What is U.S. withholding tax?

If you’re a Canadian resident who receives business or investment income from the U.S., find out how U.S. withholding...

What is U.S. withholding tax?
To symbolize the Fed's rate hike in the U.S., US bills fly in the air in front of an American flag

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: December 18, 2022

The Fed follows Canada’s 50-bps rate hike, Musk and BMO are sellers and one way to position a portfolio...

Making sense of the markets this week: December 18, 2022

Estate Planning

What is an executor?

Have you been named the executor of someone’s will? Are you looking to name someone as yours? Find out...

What is an executor?
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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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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: December 11, 2022

What’s up with the Bank of Canada recent interest rate hike? (Are we there yet?) Also, bonds are back...

Making sense of the markets this week: December 11, 2022
Two women looking at their wills, deciding whether or not to name each other on the registered accounts

Ask MoneySense

Is it better to list a beneficiary on registered investments or have the account go to the estate?

When is it better to have beneficiaries listed on investment accounts versus leaving everything to the estate?

Is it better to list a beneficiary on registered investments or have the account go to the estate?

Mortgages

Mortgage down payment calculator

Need to know the up-front costs of buying a property? Our mortgage down payment calculator can help.

Mortgage down payment calculator
A 55-year-old nurse smiles as she contemplates her five or 10 year retirement plan.

Ask MoneySense

How to plan for retirement in five or 10 years

When deciding to retire in five or 10 years, there are a few things to consider, in addition to...

How to plan for retirement in five or 10 years