How To Maximize Your RRSP

February 2nd, 2012 | Category: How To, Retirement, RRSP | 23 comments

Every year comes the RRSP season. Advertisements will be bombarded your way until we reach the RRSP deadline and I wanted to discuss how to best best maximize your RRSP. “Maximize” being the key work here and not “optimize” – that’s for another post. I had an interesting discussion with my dad about RRSP over [...]

How To Assess If The Smith Manoeuvre Is Good For You

January 22nd, 2012 | Category: How To | 26 comments

I have been wanting to write about the Smith Manoeuvre for a long time now since I believe many think they are doing it but aren’t really. In fact, they are simply borrowing to invest. I am not sure why the Smith Manoeuvre term are so often referenced loosely because it has a really high [...]

How To Review Your Portfolio

January 8th, 2012 | Category: How To | 10 comments

It’s a new year and if you have not done so, it might be appropriate to review your portfolio. One powerful concept, aside from compound growth, is to balance your portfolio. It’s also imperative that you understand your strategy and have confidence in it. Answer somes of the questions below to assess if your strategy [...]

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