Outdated myths about women investors persist – Globe and Mail, July 10, 2024
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-outdated-myths-about-women-investors-persist/
Daina Lawrence examines the current state of affairs in response to the old myths about “women being risk averse, conservative investors, who have limited financial knowledge and lack strategy, have also caused women to be overlooked as investors.”
Can you help your kids financially without compromising your retirement? – MoneySense.ca, July 8, 2024
https://www.moneysense.ca/columns/ask-a-planner/can-you-help-your-kids-financially-without-compromising-your-retirement/
Jason Heath addresses a question posed by a reader who is “approaching retirement, who has a defined benefit pension and wishes to support his children.”
“We’re set for life. Should we cash out an RRSP?” – MoneySense.ca, July 8, 2024
https://www.moneysense.ca/columns/ask-a-planner/were-set-for-life-should-we-cash-out-an-rrsp/
Allan Norman responds to a reader’s question concerning cashing out an RRSP… there’s a bad idea. 🙂
Early retirees, here’s how to get at least 39% more CPP – Globe and Mail, July 8, 2024
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/retirement/article-earlier-retirees-heres-how-to-get-at-least-39-per-cent-more-cpp/
Rob Carrick explains “that if you defer taking your CPP from age 60 to 65 and have no employment earnings during that period, your CPP will always increase by somewhere between approximately 39 per cent and 56 per cent” so there is “case to be made for deferring CPP to 65 or even 70 years old, so long as you don’t report income in that time”.
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