Timing the withdrawal of RRSP savings to minimize your tax hit – MoneySense.ca, September 18, 2020
https://www.moneysense.ca/columns/ask-moneysense/timing-the-withdrawal-of-rrsp-savings-to-minimize-your-tax-hit/
A woman whose retirement income to date has strictly been from CPP, OAS, and the GIS. She is wondering how she will be impacted financially when she begins to draw down from her RRSP and her TFSA. Good to see another article about dealing with primarily living on government pensions in retirement.
42 Places That Are Straight Out of Fairy Tales – Conde Nast Traveller, August 27, 2020
https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2015-11-23/20-places-that-are-straight-out-of-fairy-tales?fbclid=IwAR24h41v8X5txAtHff6g2bb9Ybs1yw3d7nNqGLI_GiQi0NrAcI7j9Atvx2g
I think we retired folks need to do a little vicarious travel this week. First stop, Caitlin Morton rhymes off a list of beautiful places to visit when the pandemic is over.
Experience Singapore now. Travel later. – visitsingapore.com, 2020
https://www.visitsingapore.com/en/
As the website says, “experience Singapore now, travel later.” Spend a little bit of your day checking out what the city state has to offer. If you read my article about Singapore you will know that it is one of my favourite cities in the world.
How to help your children become financial powerhouses – Globe and Mail, September 24, 2020
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/etfs/article-how-to-help-your-children-become-financial-powerhouses/
Andrew Hallam uses an instructive lesson to demonstrate how parents… let’s make that grandparents… can help children understand investing. This would seem to be a great role that grandparents could slip into.
Many Canadian snowbirds debate winter plans amid COVID-19 pandemic – Globe and Mail, September 22, 2020
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-many-canadian-snowbirds-debate-winter-plans-amid-covid-19-pandemic/
Adina Bresge looks at the question that many Canadians will be asking themselves this winter, should we be travelling to our winter properties in the sunny south? Health insurance and healthcare are just one of many issues that need to be considered.
