Why women (especially) should delay taking CPP – Globe and Mail, Thursday, August 10, 2017
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/retirement/retire-lifestyle/why-women-especially-should-delay-taking-cpp/article35945038/
Yet another article about when to take your CPP. Bonnie-Jeanie MacDonald focuses on why women might want to delay taking it at 65.
The four reasons that retirement is costing Canadians more than ever – Financial Post, Wednesday, July 12, 2017
http://business.financialpost.com/personal-finance/the-four-reasons-that-retirement-is-costing-canadians-more-than-ever/wcm/153ae860-d8be-4aff-bb96-f50013f84b8a
Jason Heath identifies the “four primary factors” which will seriously impact the cost of everyone’s retirement. And, it’s a global concern, not just a Canadian one.
Aspire to travel the world? Read this before you go – National Post, Friday, July 28, 2017
http://nationalpost.com/travel/aspire-to-travel-the-world-read-this-before-you-go/wcm/092bda13-6406-4448-8fcb-202ea30d3311
Christopher Elliot provides advice on how to prepare for your life of travel in retirement. He asks us to consider the potential “transformative power of travel” … good or bad.
Minimizing your Old Age Security clawback [Update: 2017 rates] – retirehappy.ca, 2017 Update
https://retirehappy.ca/minimizing-old-age-security-clawback/
Jim Yih, the creator of the retirehappy.ca site, examines ways retirees can mitigate clawback of the OAS if their retirement income is substantial enough to trigger it. The 2017 “starting” and “maximum clawback thresholds” are identified.
The secret to paying less tax in retirement – Globe and Mail, Monday, August 7, 2017
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/retirement/retire-taxes-and-portfolios/the-secret-to-paying-less-tax-in-retirement/article35898983/
Jonathan Chevreau looks at how some retirees can reduce the amount of taxes they pay in retirement by being pro active about when they start to down their RRSPs. This is primarily for folks who have large RRSPs.
