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Mortgages

Mortgage refinance calculator

Use a mortgage refinance calculator to understand the costs and potential savings of breaking and renegotiating your mortgage agreement.

Mortgage refinance calculator
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How to avoid tax on severance pay in Canada

Find out how you can reduce the tax payable on a severance payment, and what happens when receiving a...

How to avoid tax on severance pay in Canada
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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: October 15, 2023

Walking Dead-like inflation, Pepsi’s sugar high, Exxon’s bid for Pioneer, and utilities suffer from more competitive bonds.

Making sense of the markets this week: October 15, 2023
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Contribute to RRSP or pay off mortgage?

Does it make sense to put some extra cash into an RRSP or use it to help pay off...

Contribute to RRSP or pay off mortgage?
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FHSA withdrawal rules and rental property advice for a first-time home buyer

Renting out part of your new home may help cover some costs. But would it still be considered a...

FHSA withdrawal rules and rental property advice for a first-time home buyer
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Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: October 8, 2023

Lulu and Peloton’s new partnership, dud stocks of the past century, a look at the world’s stock markets and...

Making sense of the markets this week: October 8, 2023
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Pensions

Alberta Pension Plan: Why Alberta wants to leave the CPP—and what would replace it

The province says pulling out of the Canada Pension Plan to create its own pension fund would benefit Albertans....

Alberta Pension Plan: Why Alberta wants to leave the CPP—and what would replace it

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Should you use home equity to buy a house for your kids?

Some parents want to help their kids move out by borrowing against their home. Here’s how interest rates and...

Should you use home equity to buy a house for your kids?
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Interac is expanding—first up, Wealthsimple e-transfers will get easier

If you use a fintech for banking or investing, Interac e-Transfers might get a bit easier to send and...

Interac is expanding—first up, Wealthsimple e-transfers will get easier