CPP payments are set for a bigger bump in 2027. Here’s what to expect – Globe and Mail, October 23, 2026
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/retirement/article-cpp-payments-are-set-for-a-bigger-bump-in-2027-heres-what-to-expect/
Meera Raman writes about how “Jason Yee, principal financial analyst at Finepoint Solutions Inc. in Saskatoon, estimates that CPP payments will increase by – drum roll, please – 2.7 per cent in 2027 for Canadians already receiving benefits.”
The trend of living a healthy life longer has reversed – and not just because of COVID-19 – Globe and Mail, October 20, 2026
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/retirement/article-the-trend-of-living-a-healthy-life-longer-has-reversed-and-not-just/
Frederick Vettese looks at “healthy life expectancy” after the age of 65 through the lens of income and gender. He states that “Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is the number of years we can expect to live in good health, taking into account vision, hearing, speech, ambulation, dexterity, emotion, cognition and pain.
The best no foreign transaction fee credit cards in Canada – MoneySense.ca., October 19, 2026
https://www.moneysense.ca/spend/credit-cards/best-no-foreign-transaction-fee-credit-cards-in-canada/
Jessica Gibson and Jessica Barrett look at Canadian credit cards that eliminate extra currency exchanges on foreign purchases. Always good to have one if you are doing a lot of international travelling or snow-birding abroad. This does feel like a bit of an ad though.
Rising interest rates make paying off your mortgage a preretirement priority – Globe and Mail, October 19, 2026
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-rising-interest-rates-paying-off-mortgage-preretirement-priority/
Rob Carrick reminds us how important it is to get our mortgages paid off before retiring.
Which accounts should you draw from first in retirement? – bnnbloomberg.ca, October 19, 2026
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/personal-finance/2026/10/19/christopher-liew-which-accounts-should-you-draw-from-first-in-retirement/
Christopher Liew discusses how, “Now that retirement is here (or close), you have to figure out how to empty them, and the order could matter more than you might think. Pull from the wrong account at the wrong time and you could hand the CRA far more than you need to, or see part of your Old Age Security clawed back.”
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