Rebalancing your portfolio potentially increases returns The Montrealer June 6, 2008 4632 (This article discusses financial issues and uses fictitious names of people for illustrative purposes.) When we last visited with Rhonda and Steve Baker, they were discussing the positive impact of Asset ...
Less risk may mean higher returns The Montrealer May 14, 2008 4389 (This article discusses financial issues and uses fictitious names of people for illustrative purposes.) It’s the weekend and Steve and Rhonda Baker are sitting down to a late breakfast with their son, Adam....
“Asset allocation” can mean lower tax rates…and you keep more money for your future The Montrealer April 13, 2008 4868 Capital gains and dividends have a lower tax rate, and income in your RRSP is tax sheltered until you withdraw; usually at a lower tax rate in retirement (This article discusses financial issues and uses f...
Recent changes in tax rules may provide greater refunds from charitable donations The Montrealer March 11, 2008 4281 The Franz Group serves investors as part of MacDougall, MacDougall & MacTier Inc. (This article discusses financial issues and uses fictitious names of people for illustrative purposes.) Last week we di...
Authenticity – the key to successful financial management The Montrealer March 3, 2007 4661 We’re flooded daily with information on investing. You hear it on the radio, see it on TV, in newspapers, the Internet, billboards, signs, painted vehicles, junk mail, handouts, even our own clothes! Someone’s ...
Cost of Living – UP…..Everything else – not so much The Montrealer January 3, 2007 4044 Managing Your Money Q: It seems as if our cost of living is up, but not our incomes. Our monthly expenses are getting higher and we’re having to dip into savings to cover them. What are the best strategies...
Paul asks Margaret for The Number The Montrealer November 21, 2006 4484 how much do you need to retire comfortably? Paul is speaking with his friend Margaret, the lady who by now is famous for her investment strategy whereby her income increases regularly by at least 10% ever...
Money Matters The Montrealer October 7, 2006 4531 The very best for your money Margaret left us last month with these words: “You’ll see that there is a way to have long-term capital growth with steady secure income that grows by at least 10% a year. All i...
Margaret shows her friend Paul how to grow his retirement income by 10% each year The Montrealer September 3, 2006 4586 The discipline of keeping track can put money back into your pocket Margaret’s spreadsheet listing her daily expenses contains some very interesting lines. As you will recall from last month, she developed...
Money Matters The Montrealer August 9, 2006 4327 The very best for your money It’s in the headlines: the newspapers, the magazines, on books, radio, and television, the Internet. It’s on our T-shirts! It’s this idea of a number, the magic number. Formulas ...
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