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A Helpful Pre-Planning Guide
Like many Canadians, you are probably planning for the future, by saving for your retirement, having an estate plan and...
What Does an Unplanned Career Transition Mean for You?
The COVID-19 pandemic has unsettled the country’s employment picture for months and will likely continue to do so for a...
Ask the Expert: Antimicrobial essential oils and how to use them
These 3 oils are a great combo topically (diluted of course) or in a diffuser at night! During the day...
In your last article, you talked about Cyber Insurance and the need for it. How else do I protect my data?
Purchasing Cyber Insurance is one way to help manage your costs after a cyber attack or data breach. The options...
Estate Plans Can Help You Answer Questions About the Future
The word “estate” conjures images of great wealth, which may be one of the reasons so many people don’t develop...
Tune Out News During Stressful Times
Your phone dings. Another news alert. Do you reach for your phone immediately, eager to see the latest update? While...
Ask The Experts: How Do You Win a Bidding War?
Even during the pandemic, Seller’s markets are still seller’s markets, inventory is still low, and the competition for housing is...
Create Strategies to Help Achieve Your Financial Goals
Like most people, you probably have many financial goals: a comfortable retirement, long vacations, post-secondary education for your children or...
ASK THE EXPERT with Aaron Dean, Mortgage Broker
Are you considering refinancing your mortgage during the pandemic? Here is what you need to know: There are several reasons...
Labour Day: Make Investments Work as Hard as You Do
Labour Day is almost here. Of course, this year, the holiday may have a different impact, given the employment-related stress...
Should you buy a new home during COVID-19?
Is now the right time to buy a home? Usually, April comes around and the time known as “home-buying season”...
What is Cyber Insurance and does my business really need it?
Cyber Insurance generally covers the costs, up to a specified limit, of dealing with the expenses associated with an electronic...
How Can You Prepare for the “New Retirement”?
A generation or so ago, people didn’t just retire from work – many of them also withdrew from a whole...
Know Your Risk Tolerance at Different Stages of Life
As an investor, you’ll always need to deal with risk of some kind. But how can you manage the risk...
What kind of investor are you?
Whether you are investing for retirement or for other financial goals, it's important to know what kind of investor you...
Ask The Expert: Investment Strategy Can Be Your ‘GPS’ as You Travel Toward Goals
Summer is here and for many people, it’s time to get the car ready for a long road trip. And...
Ask the Experts: Do Staged Homes Sell Faster?
For most home sellers, the goal is to sell their home for the highest possible price and in the shortest...
Will my commercial insurance policy cover my loss of income due to closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Unfortunately, the short answer is no. Generally, commercial insurance policies and traditional business interruption forms do not offer coverage for...
Ask the Experts: 5 Ways To Improve Your Credit Score
Truly Local Advice from PenFinancial Credit Union Credit is a staple in our modern world. And many of us have...
Four months into the pandemic, where do things stand?
Canada’s Finance Minister, Bill Morneau, presented an “economic and fiscal snapshot” last Wednesday, almost four months after the COVID-19 pandemic...
Ask the Expert: What is responsible investing?
Local #AskTheExpert Article: by Lance Wiebe, CFP, CPCA, BASc. Desjardins Financial Security Is it possible to align personal investments with personal...
Ask the Experts: Salon Allegra – Clarifying Shampoo and Why You Need It
Clarifying shampoo is, for all intents and purposes, like your regular shampoo but a more deep-cleansing shampoo. Tracy Strycker from...
Planned giving: making a difference
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the needs of many charitable organizations, especially in the areas of health, education and support...
8 tips on managing your money during a crisis
When a big global event or crisis disrupts the market it’s natural to worry about your money in addition to...
No Secrets to Investment Success
Many people look for the “secrets” to investment success. Is it timing the market just right? Is it finding those...
Ask the Expert: How to build for financial success early in your career
Local #AskTheExpert Article: by Lance Wiebe, CFP, CPCA, BASc. Desjardins Financial Security A first “real” job, a first child, a first...
Ideas to enrich understanding
A few reading suggestions to help take stock of the unprecedented situation we’re living through. For many people, the current...
It’s Not Easy, But Look Past the Market Selloff
These are challenging times. Like everyone, you are concerned about keeping your family safe and healthy, and you’re doing your...
Be Alert to Scams Related to the Pandemic
On one hand, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has brought out the best in us with people across the country pitching in...
Ask the Expert: What shape will our economic recovery take?
Local #AskTheExpert Article: by Lance Wiebe, CFP, CPCA, BASc. Desjardins Financial Security V, U, L, W… The talk these days...
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