by Rona Birenbaum | Feb 19, 2019 | All About Tax, Cash Flow Concerns, Estate Matters, Retirement
If you belong to a defined benefit pension plan, you will eventually need to make a choice between: Guaranteed monthly payments from your employer and A lump sum, or “commuted value”, that you invest to provide a retirement income stream. In the first case, the risk...
by Rona Birenbaum | Jan 9, 2018 | All About Investing, All About Tax, Retirement
Time flies when you’re saving money. Lo and behold, you are turning 71 which is the deadline for converting your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) into a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF). A portfolio strategy suitable for accumulating a retirement...
by Rona Birenbaum | Dec 15, 2017 | All About Investing, Retirement
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are supposed to reduce the cost clients pay for investment management. However, in some cases, I’ve noticed that they are actually increasing it. Start-up and growth of ETFs ETFs have been around for longer than you might think – in...
by Guest Blogger | Sep 10, 2017 | All About Investing, Retirement
Today’s article is a guest post written by Kola Ifabumuyi MBA – Mortgage Agent with Mortgage Architects [email protected] When mortgage renewal time arrives it’s time to pause and assess. Your financial situation may have changed since your last renewal –...
by Rona Birenbaum | Aug 15, 2017 | All About Investing, Retirement, Risk Management
Is your magic number one million dollars, two million dollars, or five hundred thousand dollars? It really depends on six primary factors. These six factors, depending on how they relate to you, will either mean you have to save more or less to be comfortable in...
by Rona Birenbaum | Aug 8, 2017 | All About Investing, Retirement, Risk Management
Clients will occasionally ask: Why isn’t my investment doing well? Then I ask which one they’re concerned about, and what they’re basing that determination on. They say: Well, that’s what the statement says. That’s what I’m looking at! But statements can be...
