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Inflation

Tiff Macklem Governor of the Bank of Canada during a rate announcement

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: January 28, 2024

Tesla slides, Netflix wrestles competitors into submission, CN predicts 10% growth, BoC stands pat.

Making sense of the markets this week: January 28, 2024
Two men pushing an oversized bitcoin.

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: January 21, 2024

What’s going on with crypto (thanks, U.S. markets), American bank earnings reports, Delta’s earnings flying high (or not), and...

Making sense of the markets this week: January 21, 2024
A couple reviews their mortgage options over a cup of coffee

Mortgages

Fixed or variable mortgage rate: Which should you choose in 2024?

After nearly two years of interest rate increases, cuts may be on the horizon—here’s what that means for current...

Fixed or variable mortgage rate: Which should you choose in 2024?
A man holding a pie chart: showing how assets are allocated in a portfolio as we cover the asset winners of 2023.

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: January 14, 2024

What asset classes did best last year? Short sellers lose their shirts, Canadian housing market refuses to go down,...

Making sense of the markets this week: January 14, 2024

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Man happy deciding where to put his retired income: RRSP or TFSA

Ask a Planner

Where should working retirees put extra income: A TFSA or an RRSP?

Working Canadian retirees may look at CPP and OAS as extra income. Is putting that money in a TFSA...

Where should working retirees put extra income: A TFSA or an RRSP?

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: January 7, 2024

Kyle’s predictions for 2024: TSX will thrash S&P 500, Biden will win (barely), inflation will fall, Canadian economic growth...

Making sense of the markets this week: January 7, 2024
2023 and a graduation cap, as we look back on 2023 and grade the predictions

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: December 24, 2023

Interest rates, stock market predictions, supply chain issues—what this column got right and wrong in 2023.

Making sense of the markets this week: December 24, 2023
Two young women in work aprons look at a smartphone

Financial literacy

Say what?! 5 financial buzzwords we kept hearing in 2023

We’ve picked five words and phrases that capture the financial mood of 2023. From quiet hiring to soft saving,...

Say what?! 5 financial buzzwords we kept hearing in 2023

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Three people at different stages of their retirement wondering if CPP is indexed to inflation and more.

Retired Money

Inflation a scourge for retirees? Ottawa’s silver lining(s)

Inflation and taxes—both can affect retirement income. Thankfully CPP, OAS and GIS have inflation indexing. Here’s how it may...

Inflation a scourge for retirees? Ottawa’s silver lining(s)

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