How to fix your retirement plan after the pandemic has busted your portfolio
– Financial Post, April 24, 2020
https://business.financialpost.com/personal-finance/retirement/how-to-fix-your-retirement-plan-after-the-pandemic-has-busted-your-portfolio
Barbara Shecter sensibly writes about how to “fix your retirement plan”. Not A lot of interesting or fresh ideas.
The coronavirus has created a tremendous financial opportunity for workers with a pension
– Financial Post, April 14, 2020
https://business.financialpost.com/personal-finance/retirement/the-coronavirus-has-created-a-tremendous-financial-opportunity-for-workers-with-a-pension
Ted Rechtshaffen suggests commuting your pension if you are close to retirement age. The points he makes are compelling, but what he is talking about applies to only a very few individuals.
Remembering John Prine — the Nashville icon who left a mark on Newfoundland and Labrador – abc.ca, April 8, 2020
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/john-prine-st-johns-covid-19-1.5526164
Ryan Cooke takes a fun look at John Prine’s last visit to Newfoundland and Labrador. My favourite line occurs when he quotes John quipping at his concert “I was here 25 years ago … I said I’d be back”.
How safe are dividends in my Yield Hog model portfolio? Let’s take a look – Globe and Mail, April 5, 2020
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/education/article-how-safe-are-dividends-in-my-model-portfolio-lets-take-a-look/
John Heinzl, my favourite dividend guru, reports on a RBC Dominion Securities report titled “Dividend Sustainability in Canada.” The report generally claims that most dividend paying stocks, that we own, will not reduce or eliminate dividend payments during the current coronavirus crisis.
Crashing stock markets remind us that this is the No. 1 rule of retirement planning – Globe and Mail, March 24, 2020
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/inside-the-market/article-crashing-stock-markets-remind-us-that-this-is-the-no1-rule-of/
Rob Carrick reminds us that “maintaining a cash cushion should be Rule No. 1 in building a retirement portfolio” and that “the benefit of holding a few years’ worth of cash is that you have resources to draw on if the stock markets crash”. Can’t say I disagree.
