Help with a financial Plan

Help with a financial Plan

So, it is almost the new year. I am sure that many of you have resolved to do better with your finances this year.  Please know that I am here to help where I can. Just ask. I too have some changes that need to be made.  In November I did 6 web sessions with The Money...
Retirement.  A different perspective.

Retirement. A different perspective.

In Canada we are approaching RRSP season.  When the financial institutions push us to make contributions to our retirement accounts.  This yearly persuasion has established, for most people, only one way to finance their retirement. That is to have a very large sum of...
Changing Perspectives

Changing Perspectives

We were visiting one of our friends yesterday after our exam.  I played chauffeur for the ladies.  Our friend is one of the best bargain hunters I know.  In our family, when you get a smokin’ hot deal we call it an “Auntie Jane” deal in her honour.  Our first stop was...
Knowledge can reduce stress

Knowledge can reduce stress

There were two stories on the news over the last week that caught my attention.  One was on the number of Canadians that are financially illiterate, and the other was the amount of lost productivity in Canadian work places, due to employees being worried about their...
A good Quote

A good Quote

My daughter sent me a picture the other day of Robert Kiyosaki and a Rich Dad Quote.  The quote said “it’s better to work years at creating an asset, rather than spending your life working hard for money, to create someone else’s asset.”  It is a very true statement. ...
I’m not Ready for that yet.

I’m not Ready for that yet.

That is the response I got when I suggested to a young friend that we sit down and look at getting started planning for the financial future.  I totally understand and respect the response.  It is exactly the same response I would have given when I was that age.  The...