by Sandi Martin | Jul 28, 2016 | Blog, Retirement Planning
If you’re planning for retirement and make the mistake of scrolling through any finance section in a slow news week, you have to ask yourself: what kind of questions are they asking to produce breathless headlines like these?Half of Canadians don’t think...
by Sandi Martin | May 17, 2016 | Blog, Retirement Planning
In case you’ve been missing Because Money (on hiatus as we plan for Season Three), I just did an interview with Kornel Szrejber on retirement income planning, and we managed to squeeze a few laughs out of what is traditionally a less-than-hilarious topic. Some...
by Sandi Martin | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, Investing, Retirement Planning
I was recently part of a presentation for financial advisors, put on by someone whose work I respect (and who I imagine probably would not have said this if he had had more time to think about it). Just before the end, this came out of his mouth: Words I just heard!...
by Sandi Martin | Sep 9, 2013 | Blog, CPP, Retirement Planning
The point: scoff if you like, but we have a public pension system in Canada that will likely make up a good portion of your retirement income, and its existence should be factored into your plans. I hear it all the time – in banking, in financial planning, and...