Rising Interest Rates, New Mortgage Rules, and Variable vs Fixed Mortgages in Canada for 2023
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Listen to it on Spotify. Listen to it on Google Podcasts. With the significant increase in interest rates over the past year, and with home buying and selling season right around the corner, I thought it would be great to have our resident mortgage expert on the show, to go over the…
Finding Your Financial Independence Number and How to Live Off Your Portfolio
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Listen to it on Spotify. Listen to it on Google Podcasts. It’s RRSP season here in Canada. Remember that March 1 is the deadline for contributing to an RRSP, and have it count towards your 2022 tax year. Also while we’re on the subject, remember that your TFSA contribution room grows every…
How to Live Off Your Investments and How Much Do You Need?
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Listen to it on Spotify. Listen to it on Google Podcasts. In this episode, I interview one of the most experienced Canadian financial planners that I know, and who I tend to go to when I have any complex tax and financial planning questions. His name is Ed Rempel, and in this…
How to Retire in Your 30s on Two Teacher Salaries (A Case Study and Practical Guide)
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Listen to it on Spotify. Listen to it on Google Podcasts. Today we have another financial independence case study to learn how a real-life couple here in Canada were able to reach their financial independence number by the age of 34. We talk specifically about the practical tactics, strategies and mindset that…
Should You Do Any Active Investing? and a Financial Independence Case Study
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Listen to it on Spotify. Listen to it on Google Podcasts. Many Canadians tend to dabble in at least a bit of active investing, picking individual stocks, even if they consider themselves primarily total market index investors. As long-time listeners of the show know, I personally only do total market index investing…
A Financial Independence Case Study: How to Achieve Early Retirement and Happiness With Jordan Grumet
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Listen to it on Spotify. Listen to it on Google Podcasts. Today we have a case study of someone that was able to pull off an early retirement (we get to learn how he did it, and apply those lessons to our own life). He also wrote a book that I personally…
Best ETFs in Canada: Featuring MoneySense and Ben Felix
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Listen to it on Spotify. Listen to it on Google Podcasts. One resource that I check out every year is MoneySense’s “Best ETFs in Canada” guide. They bring on a panel of experts to find Canada’s top ETFs for DIY index investors (like myself). I found this guide extremely helpful when I…
Vanguard ETFs in Canada: Your Top Questions Answered, Right From the Source
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Listen to it on Spotify. Listen to it on Google Podcasts. If you’ve done any sort of research on index investing and ETFs, then I’m almost certain you would have heard of Vanguard, as they are one of the pioneers in this space. They have a very impressive massive following in the…
How to Optimize for Financial Independence (Investing, Budgeting, Money Management Optimizations) with Brandon Beavis
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Listen to it on Spotify. Listen to it on Google Podcasts. Today I have Brandon Beavis on the show who runs one of, if not THE largest YouTube channels on investing, specifically for Canadians. He has over 187,000 subscribers, and also runs the channel with his dad who has decades of financial…
How to Protect Yourself From Inflation
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts. Listen to it on Spotify. Listen to it on Google Podcasts. Today I have one of, if not THE largest financial literacy educators in Canada on the show, and we’re going to go over some practical tips to deal with this horrific inflation that we’ve all been experiencing here in Canada. …
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