How to Live Off Your Investments and Stress Test Your Portfolio
In this episode, we talk about how we can set our investments up so that we can live off them in retirement (whether it’s a traditional retirement or early retirement). We also cover the important subject of how to stress-test our investment portfolio so that we can help ensure that we don’t run out of…
Insider Look At Top 7 Insurance Tricks That Keep You Overpaying
Today we have insurance industry insider, Laura McKay on the show, who reveals some of the top tricks and tactics used in the insurance industry, to keep us overpaying. She covers what to look out for, and what we can actually do on our end to make sure that we get the best rates possible,…
How to Create and Optimize Your Investment Portfolio (Pre and Post Retirement)
Our guest today is Jason Heath, CFP who has been providing fee-only, advice-only financial planning since 2001 and is one of Canada’s best-known fee-only financial planners. He is currently a personal finance columnist for the Financial Post, MoneySense and is also a regular contributor to RetireHappy.ca. I’ve been reading his insightful financial planning articles on MoneySense…
Buying a House, a Rental or Flipping Houses
Today we have Meghan Chomut on the show who is a financial planner specializing in real estate for both your primary residence and rental properties. She has also personally done property flipping before so I thought it would be great to have her on the show to teach us some lessons and best practices that…
Canada’s Youngest Retirees – How They Did It: Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung
Today we have Kristy and Bryce on the show who are Canada’s youngest retirees. Kristy retired at 31 while Bryce was 32, and today I pick their brains on how they pulled it off, how they invest, and how they structured their investment portfolio to ensure that they never run out of money. Listen to it on…
How to get the lowest rate on your mortgage (new and renewing mortgages)
House hunting season has officially begun, so I thought it would be a good idea to have an insider from the mortgage industry on the show to learn some tops tips on getting the lowest possible mortgage rate, whether you are looking for a new mortgage, or have one that you’ll need to renew soon.…
How to Automate Your Investing (without the giant fees)
A common problem that holds some Canadians back from paying the lowest possible fees in investing by becoming a DIY (do-it-yourself) investor, is that it does take a bit of learning and practice. Also since we’re not taught this in school, it can be intimidating. Even those that aren’t intimidated by it can at times…
TFSA creator shares top saving & investing strategies, while promoting financial literacy for Canadians.
Today I have the creator of the TFSA on the show who shares his best TFSA tips and strategies, while also discussing his initiative to enhance financial literacy in Canada. His name is Kevin McCarthy, and while working in Ottawa, Kevin was responsible for the financial literacy file for Minister Flaherty and helped launch the…
Top 5 Costly RRSP Mistakes that Canadians Make (secrets from an ex-banker)
RRSP season is upon us (the last day is March 1) and to help you avoid the top RRSP mistakes that Canadians make, I’ve brought back the financial planner that my family and I use, John Kalos. We had a live webinar where we went over these top mistakes, and it gave everyone a chance…
Live Webinar: Top 5 Costly RRSP Mistakes that Canadians Make (secrets from an ex-banker)
RRSP season is coming to an end on March 1, 2019 and like me, you’ve probably been bombarded with bank advertisements lately telling you that you have to “hurry now” to take advantage of the RRSP tax deductions. But what are you not being told? A lot of these advertisements are, after all, coming from…
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