Should you take your CPP/QPP pension at 60 or hang tight? – Financial Post, September 1, 2020
https://financialpost.com/opinion/pierre-carl-michaud-should-you-take-your-cpp-qpp-pension-at-60-or-hang-tight/wcm/6aa83cb5-f918-423b-8fdb-bcd3c4c8e5a8/
Pierre-Carl Michaud offers up yet one more look at the when to take CPP question. Only this time it is whether to take it early at 60.
Retirement planning can be so complex people avoid it altogether. Here’s how to avoid that trap – Financial Post, August 24, 2020
https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/retirement/retirement-planning-can-be-so-complex-people-avoid-it-altogether-heres-how-to-avoid-that-trap/wcm/66869710-5ce2-4f11-87dc-182bcfc53b43/
Jason Heath addresses the daunting task of planning for retirement, and saving for it. This is one of those articles that really should be read by people in their 30s.
Here’s a way Canadians with RRSP savings can get the most out of their CPP benefits – Globe and Mail, July 29, 2020
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/retirement/article-heres-a-way-canadians-with-rrsp-savings-can-get-the-most-out-of-their/
Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald writes about using RRSP savings as an income bridge to delay Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits. This is a much more realistic argument for delaying CPP payments than any other I have read.
What’s your number: How much is enough to retire? – retire happy.ca, January 9, 2020
https://retirehappy.ca/how-much-enough-retire/?fbclid=IwAR3iYGZvGjOemevc1vYNaxCZfLPg5TDhs_fs_UdcF2-64cJApEP1xuEGgFg
Wayne Rothe of the retirehappy.ca website uses a book authored by Diane McCurdy to examine the question “how much is enough” to retire on. The book is probably worth reading.
https://retirehappy.ca/how-much-enough-retir
The Best Places To Retire Abroad In 2019 – forbes.com, November 19, 2018
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampbarrett/2018/11/19/best-places-retire-abroad/?fbclid=IwAR2PUMWuCYxBmIev77-BYA412V285fJLvyk7Mye4JS8oTTIfYn9LC1KNR_A#3e5b3a983214
William P. Barrett allows us to do some fantasizing about interesting places to retire to. When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes widely available of course. The article is aimed at Americans, but the list will probably be of interest to any Canadians who are considering moving abroad in retirement.
