Archive for May 2015
Today’s Retirement Reality
We all like to compare ourselves with our peers to see how we measure up to everyone else. Here are some retirement statistics from the most recent Canadian Census, Statistics Canada and various surveys. Age statistics In Canada in 2014 the average age was 58. The baby boom demographic, representing those born between 1946 and…
Read MoreWhat Should You Do With A Windfall?
Have you received an inheritance? Are you a lucky lottery winner? Maybe you gained a sizeable amount from the sale of property or a business, or received severance pay? Do you know what to do with your windfall? There are many reports of fortunes squandered by people dipping too quickly or liberally into their windfalls.…
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