October 1, 2025

The Past Week’s Reads — March 25 – March 31, 2019

Help for retirees living the RRSP ‘tax nightmare’ – Globe and Mail, March 27, 2019
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-help-for-retirees-living-the-rrsp-tax-nightmare/
Rob Carrick starts off his article with the statement, “One of the tests of a well-planned retirement is how prepared you are to pay your taxes”. Might as well rap this up with another quote ‘…there’s the paradigm shift for many people of going from taxation at source by your employer while working to paying your own taxes in retirement”

Five stars – says who? My trouble with TripAdvisor – The Guardian, July 8, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/jul/08/trouble-with-tripadvisor-summer-food-drink-marina-oloughlin
Marina O’Loughlin tells it like it is…in her view. I have been on a bit of and anti TripAdvisor rant lately, so I was out there looking for negative articles.

Ten reasons to love dividend investing – Globe and Mail, March 29, 2019
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/education/article-ten-reasons-to-love-dividend-investing/
John Heinzl extols the virtues of dividend investing. I am all about “the dividend investing”, so quite enjoyed reading him making the argument for it.

Meet the budget’s new RRSP strategy that every retiree should know about – Financial Post, March 22, 2019
https://business.financialpost.com/personal-finance/retirement/meet-the-budgets-new-rrsp-decumulation-option-that-every-retiree-should-know-about
Jason Heath looks at the ALDA concept that sprung out of the recent budget. The Globe’s first discussion about was listed in last week’s “Favourite Reads” post.

How fees and taxes can ruin your retirement – Globe and Mail, March 25, 2019
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/inside-the-market/article-dont-let-fees-taxes-undermine-your-retirement-plan/
Norm Rothery takes a very interesting look at how your retirement planning and income drawdown can be impacted by fees, taxes, and inflation. He offers up a couple of solutions.