November 12, 2025

The Past Week’s Favourite Reads – October 10 – October 16, 2022

What to say when someone asks the most dreaded question in personal finance: Will you be my executor? – source, October 4, 2022
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/taxes/article-executor-will-estate-planning-questions/
Rob Carrick looks at an interesting and important issue… Executors. My thought on this, above and beyond what he has written about, is the points raised can inform our decisions as retirees about how we will approach asking someone to be our executor.

Why entrepreneurs need to put retirement planning on their must-do list – Globe and Mail, October 113, 2022
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/featured-reports/article-why-entrepreneurs-need-to-put-retirement-planning-on-their-must-do/
David Israelson looks at how even entrepreneurs need to remember that retirement lies ahead and that they must plan for it.

Navigating the retirement journey from the go-go years to no-go years – Financial Post, September 8, 2022
https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/retirement/navigating-the-retirement-journey-from-the-go-go-years-to-no-go-years
Ethan Astaneh writes about how retirement can be broken down into “three self-explanatory stages: the go-go years, the slow-go years and the no-go years.”

Retirement means the freedom to be spontaneous for this 62 year-old – Globe and Mail, October 7, 2022
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/retirement/article-early-retirement-freedom/
The editors of “Tales from the Golden Age” speak with the woman from Grand Bend about life in retirement.

“My Favourite Weekly Reads” are articles I have read throughout the week because they were of interest to me … for good, or for bad reasons. 🙂 Sharing them does not mean that I endorse them, unless I explicitly state that. If concepts contained in the financial articles I share are of interest to you please remember that is always a good idea to ask your financial adviser’s advice when considering making changes to your financial portfolio or changing your spending habits.