Son Didn't See This Coming

As a professional realtor, you’d best stick to real estate, right? Invest in what you know. Or … from an unbiased perspective, is the RRSP (registered retirement savings plan) a good idea?

There are steps we can take to shorten your number of days to quitting time, aka retirement. The math of life after real estate has two major pieces to it....

The thought of retirement is daunting. As a realtor, even more so because your pay is sporadic. You have no formal work-funded pension plan and may often wonder, “When can I quit?”

With inflation at 7.6 per cent, many Canadians are turning to short-term loans to pay for necessities. Experts point out several options.

Derek discusses the merit of an interesting tool that makes people think, before they spend...

Considerations for new graduates.

Derek Moran discusses a financial plan for a single woman with debts that consume half of her income.

Gail Johnson discusses how teens can define themselves, their goals, and use these definitions to plan their own finances.

Gail Johnson discusses Canadian retirees in debt, in this Yahoo Finance article.

Margaret MacGillivray explains her husbands passing lead her to seek a new money manager three time zones away.

Derek Moran, R.F.P. of Smarter Financial Planning discusses choices between RESP and RRSP for a Canadian family in this Yahoo Finance article

Preet Banerjee of the Globe and Mail discusses the inadequate regulation on commission based financial planners.

(c) 2010 Tara Perkins - An excellent article about teaching money sense to children by Tara Perkins, Globe and Mail

An interesting article - video link to a discussion on opportunity for U.S. housing investments with a strong Canadian dollar.

Smarter Financial Planning reprint of article found in and copyright (c) 2009 Investment Executive

Derek Moran discusses how often by paying off a mortgage, you are making a wise investment based on reducing risk and capitalizing on current low interest rates.

Investment strategy article discusses 7 key mistakes common to financial planning strategies.

An interesting article from the Globe and Mail discussing home office tax deductions.

Son Didn't See This Coming: Second Opinion - The Daily Courier Newspaper - Derek Moran, B.A., RFP discusses a family financial plan.

Andrew Allentuck and Derek Moran discuss after work life financial planning in this Cosco publication