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  • Case Study: Retirement Soon, RRSP or Mortgage?

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 04:30 in Retirement

    Kayla from PEI emailed me for some advice about her financial situation.  She is 50 with a mortgage and small RRSP.  She’s wondering where she should focus her money as she hopes to retire when she is 55.  Here is more information about Kayl...

  • Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) and GIS Clawback

    Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 05:30 in Retirement

    I received an email from a senior reader (married) recently who was wondering what he can do about avoiding the GIS clawback as he was soon due to convert his RRSP to an RRIF thus a forced withdrawal. Before we get into the question, lets start with ...

  • Retired at 31: An Early Retirement Story

    Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 05:30 in Retirement

    I’m proud to introduce “Retired at 31″ (we’ll call him John), a regular contributor on Canadian Money Forum.  As his handle indicates, he retired at the ripe age of 31 with $1.7 million in net worth.  Like most millionaires,...

  • Case Study: 60 Years Old, Lots of Cash, No Portfolio - The Portfolio

    Posted on Thursday May 21st, 2009 at 05:30 in Retirement

    Yesterday, I went over the income projection of Dave’s $1 million portfolio that “should” last him for the rest of his life.  Today, I want to go over a few portfolio options to generate that income. The Portfolio As I am no where ...

  • Case Study: 60 Years Old, Lots of Cash, No Portfolio - The Income

    Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 05:30 in Retirement

    Tim emailed me regarding his father in law’s financial situation.  Basically, his father in law is single, no retirement savings, but a ton of equity in real estate which he’s going to liquidate soon to fund his retirement.  Tim realize...

  • Old Age Security and the OAS Clawback

    Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009 at 05:30 in Retirement

    A reader asked me to write about retirement benefits so instead of writing a huge article, I thought I would split it up into separate topics.  Lets start with Old Age Security as it’s perhaps one of the more popular seniors benefits for Canad...

  • How Much Do You Need to Save for Early Retirement?

    Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 05:30 in Retirement

    I’ve been thinking a lot about early retirement lately and what exactly would be required to walk away from the day job and live completely off my portfolio.  As I was pondering this, I started to question whether or not I was saving enough mo...