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Registered or non-registered GICs: Which should you buy?

GICs offer investors safety and flexibility. Here’s what to consider when deciding whether to hold your GICs in registered...

Registered or non-registered GICs: Which should you buy?

A young woman smiles as she buys a GIC on her laptop

GICs

How GIC interest rates work

Find out what factors affect GIC rates and how to buy these low-risk investments.

How GIC interest rates work

A smiling young man takes notes about his G I C returns in a cafe

Investing

What types of GICs are available in Canada?

With GICs, you can grow your money without risk. We explain the benefits of investing in GICs and the...

What types of GICs are available in Canada?

A young couple studies GIC rates on a laptop

GICs

Are GICs a good investment right now?

GICs can help cushion savings against the impacts of inflation and balance risk in a portfolio. Here’s how GICs...

Are GICs a good investment right now?

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Financial Planning

Joseph Curry Certified Financial Planner

Meet Joseph Curry Joseph Curry is the co-host of Canada’s fastest-growing retirement planning podcast “Your Retirement Planning Simplified”, featuring...

Joseph Curry Certified Financial Planner

Financial Planning

Adam Chapman financial advisor

Meet Adam Chapman Adam Chapman jokes that he’s a financial planner who helps people spend money—not save it. And,...

Adam Chapman financial advisor

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Real Estate

Yes, a cottage is an investment property—here’s how to minimize capital gains tax

Should you “invest” in a cottage? And if you do, what happens when you sell it, give it away...

Yes, a cottage is an investment property—here’s how to minimize capital gains tax

Specialist James Denaro, right, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Nearly everything on Wall Street is tumbling as fear about a slowing U.S. economy worsens and sets off another sell-off for financial markets around the world.

Stocks

Why did the stock markets fall?

Financial markets around the world stabilize after Monday’s fall. Here’s what to know about how we got here.

Why did the stock markets fall?

Canadian mom and child at the cottage she inherited from her father and shares with her siblings and step mom.

Taxes

Inheriting cottage and the capital gains implications

Jill's late husband left her a cottage. What happens if she transfers ownership to her stepchildren?

Inheriting cottage and the capital gains implications