Your Financial Health

By Brian K. Monaghan Ph.D. ChFC CLU CFP

At the “Boomertirement Summit” recently held under the auspices of the Million Dollar Round Table, gerontologist Dr. Kenneth Dychtwald, Founder and the CEO of Age Wave Inc., reminded us that the desire to stay young forever is not new. “Remember,” he said, “that in the 16th century, people believed that somewhere in the world there were fountains of youth.”

Although we have still not found a magic elixir that will stop the aging process, we have, it might be said, done the next best thing. We have developed real life solutions to some of our most menacing and deadly health problems.

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Why Invest in RRSP’s

By Darin Hunter CFP FMA CIM FCSI

Over the course of my career I’ve met a number of clients who absolutely refuse to put any money into a registered retirement savings plan. They are mainly small business clients who see the government as the “evil empire” and feel as if they’ve paid their fair share of taxes to CCRA. All of us feel over-taxed in Canada; we are one of the highest taxed societies in the modern world.

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