As 2017 winds down, assess your finances and get them new-year ready. Your overall quality of life is directly related to the overall quality of your finances. So as one year ends and the next is about to begin, take some time to be sure you’re making the right choices financially. That will make for a truly happy new year. Set a budget And stick to it. With the holidays fast approaching, you need to create a realistic budget that will allow...
How to Keep Your Business Running in an Emergency
Business owners need to prepare for the unexpected. Here’s what you can do to ensure your company can keep going when you’re not around. You were hit and killed by a bus last night. How does your business look today? Will it keep running now that you’re no longer around to oversee it? Are your business, business associates and family facing a chaotic mess? “That all depends on whether or not a business owner or partner has planned for an...
Taxation Update 2017
Proposals impacting private corporations On October 16 and 18, 2017, Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau released new measures designed to counterbalance the proposals that were previously announced on July 18 of this year. This summary contains highlights of these new announcements and modifications to the previous proposals, which are not yet law. Clients should contact their Investors Group Consultant for information on how these...
Why We Worry About Money When We Shouldn’t
Even the wealthy can feel precariously close to financial ruin. You have a great career and a solid and growing investment portfolio. You have a spacious home and maybe even a cottage. By most measures, you’d be called affluent. So, why do you still worry about money and feel your financial empire could fall apart at any time? You’re not alone. Many high net-worth people think of themselves as having less than they do. Just being wealthy...
2017 Q2 Commentary
Canadian and U.S. stock markets parted ways in 2017’s second quarter. Canada’s S&P/TSX Composite Index drifted lower, led by resources and financials, even as south of the border the major stock indexes pushed to new all-time highs through May and June. The S&P 500 Composite advanced 0.45% $CAD (total return) while the Index Dow Jones Industrial Average fared slightly better at 0.68% $CAD. The U.S. advance continued to be fueled by...