Redefining “Cheap”: How to embrace Frugality Lynn MacNeil February 19, 2019 603 Managing Your Money I was recently chatting with a client when she referred to herself, sheepishly, as “cheap”. Now to put this in context, she has been a client for over twenty years, so I know her quite we...
5 Strategies to Beat Stock Market Stress Lynn MacNeil January 26, 2019 314 Managing Your Money To receive a copy of SPECIAL REPORT: Market Outlook 2019 - Punch Bowl Hangover please call or email Anna at 514-981-5796 or Anna.Poblador@RichardsonGMP.com Happy New Year! Thank good...
A gift idea for kids who already have ‘EVERYTHING’! Lynn MacNeil December 23, 2018 406 Managing Your Money Last week I had clients in my office and the topic of Christmas gifts came up. They were struggling with what to get for their grandchildren, who according to them “have everything!” They...
Does Money Buy Happiness? Lynn MacNeil November 28, 2018 564 Managing Your Money When people are asked what kind of things they think will make them happy or have a successful life, many answer with things to do with money. A good job, a high salary, a nice house, a b...
Henry Dauphin – taking his colleagues in The Refinery to international success Peter Kerr November 3, 2018 978 Henry Dauphin is the charismatic leader of The Refinery, a Montreal-based management firm which works with promising entrepreneurs to successfully grow their start-up businesses. Since its inception, The Refine...
We pass on to the next generation what we have learned from the previous generation Lynn MacNeil November 2, 2018 554 Managing Your Money Recently, I was thinking back to when I was a child and how I often watched my parents fix all sorts of items. Anything from a broken radio to a ripped pair of jeans. They usually took th...
Birks re-opens its historic flagship store with elegant renovations and new high-end Brand exclusivities Peter Kerr October 5, 2018 925 The windows have been re-opened to the street, as seen here in the Cartier boutique For generations, the Birks store on Ste-Catherine Street at Phillips Square was the ‘go to’ store of Montreal’s elite to p...
Why Rock the Boat? Lynn MacNeil October 4, 2018 651 Managing Your Money Why Rock the Boat? I remember an occasion years ago when a lady I had recently met with was facing a very delicate situation. She was about to have a very difficult conversation with her l...
Pembroke Management celebrates its 50th Anniversary Peter Kerr September 27, 2018 941 Innovation, Insight and Growth since 1968 In 1968, a group of four Montrealers with expertise in the financial services sector established a company to manage the assets of several U.K. based institutional inv...
Structure vs Freedom: Understanding what works best for you Lynn MacNeil August 21, 2018 691 Managing Your Money I got my first credit card at 15 years old, and it wasn’t “Daddy” who was planning to pay the bills (though he did cosign for me to get the card). As he was helping me to fill out the fo...
