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Investment Planning

This category summarizes all the investment planning posts for Advantage Wealth Planning.

Most people generally understand what a doctor, lawyer or engineer is and when they might likely need one. When a consumer needs financial advice, should they go to a “financial adviser” or “financial planner”? My industry is still working on that issue after 20 years. I started in financial services in the year 2000 with […]

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In September 2020, I began a quarterly report on “Annuities”. The original article can be found by clicking on this link. Methodology Every three months, I update the default annuity quote (using the Cannex system). The default client is as follows. 65 year old male invests in a “life annuity” using $100,000 from an RRSP […]

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If you watch a financial news channel, you might hear the return of common indices like the Dow, S&P 500 or TSX60. These indices are meant to give you a snapshot of how the general stock market is performing over the day, month or longer timeframe.  It’s difficult to compare a return on a portfolio […]

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Warren Buffett is touted as one of the world’s greatest investors. Obviously he has a much larger portfolio value than any of us, but how is his portfolio structured as compared to a Canadian Retail Investor? Is his risk tolerance likely higher than a Canadian retail investor?  The Canadian Retail Investor The typical retail investor, […]

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Ontario releases New Modelling data on COVID-19, says “cases appear to have peaked” Ontario health officials say the wave of new community spread cases of COVID-19 in the province appears to have peaked, but the spread in long-term care homes and other congregate settings seems to be growing. Read more… Auto Insurance Rebates Due to […]

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