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10 ways to plan for your financial future

Making sure your financial future is secure doesn’t need to be an overwhelming task. Simply follow these 10 tips and you’ll be well on your way to protecting yourself and your family. 1. Embrace the 3 P’s: Talk to a Professional Consulting a professional is obvious when it comes to your health or legal matters,…

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Estate planning in the cyber age‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌

WITH MORE AND MORE CANADIANS conducting their daily business online – from banking and business meetings to shopping and hailing a cab – it should be no surprise that digital assets are increasing. According to Deloitte Canada, the average Canadian has $1,000 to $2,000 in value stored online.1 Deloitte estimates that by 2020, the average…

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Universal life – Protection for today and into the future

If you’re like most people, you will purchase life insurance to protect your family if something unexpected were to happen to you. And, of course, that’s exactly what life insurance is for. But did you know that a universal life (UL) insurance policy includes a savings component along with your protection plan? When it comes…

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Should you retire early or retire late?

By Dave Dineen @ Sunlife.ca There are some important issues to consider when deciding the right time to retire — and they’ll have an impact on more than your wallet. When I was 57, I’d been retired for 3 years. Most people I talk to assume that I’m lucky, lazy, rich or ill. (Disclosure: I’m…

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Diversification: risk and opportunity

I’m sure many of you have heard the following statements. Perhaps you have made them yourselves. “I don’t like taking risks with my money.” “I can’t accumulate the amount of money I need by simply putting it all into a savings account or term deposits.” “What happens if I put all of my money into…

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Managing Health and Death Risk in Retirement

When saving for retirement, you may get sick or have an accident, suffer a critical illness, require long term care or pass away. These factors should be considered when looking at savings and spending during retirement. Contingency planning plays a key role in comprehensive retirement income planning. Insurance can be a valuable tool in structuring your retirement…

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Avoid a Legacy of Taxes

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How you can reduce your risk of dementia

By Joy Blenman sunlife.ca From finishing high school to getting a hearing aid if you need one, here are 9 things you can do to reduce your risk of getting dementia. Dementia is a significant global health challenge for the 21st century. According to the 2015 World Alzheimer Report, 50 million people in the world have dementia,…

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5 things you may not know about TFSAs

By Denise Barrett sunlife.ca Did you know if you’ve never opened a TFSA, you can contribute up to $57,500 today? The tax-free savings account (TFSA) lets you stash extra cash for just about anything — rainy-day savings, a new house or retirement — without paying any tax on the growth within the account or on withdrawals. Still,…

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Financial tips for your younger self

Written by Peter Wouters Do you ever wish you could talk to your younger self about lessons you’ve learned, more than a few of them the hard way? There are the mishaps you could have avoided, the errors in judgement you could have missed and the regrets you wouldn’t hold. How much better would you feel…

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