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Retired Money

The 60/40 portfolio: A phoenix or a dud for retirees?

Retired or near retirement and rethinking the classic balanced asset allocation? Here’s the debate—that’s not really a debate—on the...

The 60/40 portfolio: A phoenix or a dud for retirees?
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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: October 16

The Taiwanese company that could bring the world to its knees, positive U.S. earnings news, Canadian vs U.S. markets,...

Making sense of the markets this week: October 16
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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: October 9

Welcomed negative economic signals, earnings reports for jeans and beer, best performing stocks of the last 20 years, and...

Making sense of the markets this week: October 9
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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: October 2

The best time to be a market bull, BlackBerry earnings, Nike revenues just do it, and a look at...

Making sense of the markets this week: October 2

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Retired Money

Tontines in Canada: Moving from theory to practice as a solution to our retirement crisis

You may be hearing about new products that sound like tontines, even if they’re not called tontines. Here’s why....

Tontines in Canada: Moving from theory to practice as a solution to our retirement crisis
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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: September 25

Stats Canada lets air out of inflation, the loonie’s performance, FedEx delivers some bad news, and how historically bad...

Making sense of the markets this week: September 25
In this week's roundup, we cover the value of the USD and its effect on the world economies, here a woman holds fan of USD$20 bills

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: September 4

Alimentation Couche-Tard pumps out profits, the Fed warns of economic pain, strong U.S. dollar might bankrupt several countries, and...

Making sense of the markets this week: September 4
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Do you have to split your estate evenly between your children?

Courts in some provinces can vary the distribution of an estate and override a last will and testament. Here’s...

Do you have to split your estate evenly between your children?

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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: August 7

Do earnings matter in 2022? Will Canada follow the U.S. into a recession? Plus other fascinating market fodder.

Making sense of the markets this week: August 7

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