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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mindfulness and money
It’s often said that money can’t buy happiness. While that may be true, being “mindful” about money can do wonders...
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...
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...
Why get a mortgage with a credit union?
Canada's credit unions have a tradition of customer service built on community, with the understanding that we all do better...
What Should I Do With My Investments? Weathering the Storm and Sailing into Smoother Water
Linda Larouche Linda Larouche, Investment Advisor, Credential Securities PenFinancial Investment Advisor (Reading Time: 4 minutes) The global pandemic has changed...
6 tips if you’ve lost your job due to COVID-19
Losing your job, or part of your income, is always stressful. Now, with COVID-19 leading to many job losses and...
Economic crises: what can we learn from the past?
The challenging times we’re living through are unique in many respects, but this isn’t our first recession, nor is it our first bear market. What can past episodes teach us?
Apply for the CEBA Loan Program starting April 13
The Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) Loan Program has officially launched today by the Government of Canada and you can...
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