“Can I ask you a stupid question?” Truth and Clarity in Financial Advice Lynn MacNeil March 2, 2017 3778 Managing Your Money Truth and Clarity in Financial Advice I had a conversation last week about brakes. Car brakes. About the cost of brakes today, versus brakes years ago. Something about, you just needed to ...
New Year’s Resolutions – your everyday decisions are far more important! Lynn MacNeil January 31, 2017 4156 Managing Your Money Inevitably, the New Year arrives and we make resolutions or commitments to do something differently, to change for the better, to take control of something. "I will lose weight/get heal...
Making a List! But are you checking it twice??? Lynn MacNeil December 18, 2016 5019 Managing Your Money The holiday countdown is on. You’ve surely made a list, but have you checked it twice? Trying to find the "perfect gift" for those on your list can add up, and up, and up, until you've ...
Transitioning financial management: taking the financial reins away from a partner who is failing Lynn MacNeil November 9, 2016 4446 Managing Your Money We recently lived through this with my father. My dad, a highly educated and intelligent man, who was organized, on top of everything, and never missed a birthday or bill payment, was bei...
Kids & Money: more than just their piggy banks Lynn MacNeil October 22, 2016 5092 Managing Your Money Money can be a difficult concept for kids to get. Whether it be the more basic concepts of banking, or how credit cards work, to the more complex such as investing, compounding and financ...
Is Your Money Safe in Cyber-Space? Lynn MacNeil September 11, 2016 5327 Managing Your Money Is Your Money Safe in Cyber-Space? Almost 90% of Canadian households are connected to the internet¹. Over the past few decades, the internet has grown from a simple communication tool, to ...
Retirement: and the “gap” that you may not realize exists Lynn MacNeil August 21, 2016 4977 Managing Your Money Retirement: and the "gap" that you may not realize exists Most people think of a retirement plan as "How much do I need to save for retirement". But it can be much more than that if proper...
Are you getting what you pay for? Lynn MacNeil July 12, 2016 3223 Managing Your Money In the past few months, you may have seen mention of CRM2 either on your investment statements, or in the newspaper. It may not be the most exciting topic, but if you have investments, i...
Your Habits? Will they make you rich or poor? Lynn MacNeil June 17, 2016 3742 Money and finances rank way up there with health and relationships when it comes to what's important in most people's lives. They can be the source of much comfort or much anxiety. Over the course of my 20+ ...
What can we learn from where the wealthy are investing their money? Is real estate really the way to go? Lynn MacNeil May 12, 2016 8493 Managing Your Money Investors these days are wondering where to turn, not only to protect their nest egg, but to achieve returns that are above 1-2%. Looking at where the wealthy are currently investing the...
