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Gifts from mom and dad help this couple stay afloat
Betting a family’s future on one income is risky, but that is precisely what a couple we’ll call Nancy, 33, and Bruce, 38, are doing. Raising three pre-schoolers ages 1 to 5, Nancy, who spent much of… more →
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Book Review: Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark, by Mary Janigan
wrote 5 months ago: Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark: The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation By Mary Ja … more →
Book Review: My Canada Includes Foie Gras, by Jacob Richler
wrote 6 months ago: My Canada Includes Foie Gras: A Culinary Life By Jacob Richler Viking Canada 239 pp; $32 In My Canad … more →
Book Review: Thieves of Bay Street, by Bruce Livesey
wrote 1 year ago: Thieves of Bay Street: How Banks, Brokerages and the Wealthy Steal Billions from Canadians By Bruce … more →
Gifts from mom and dad help this couple stay afloat
wrote 1 year ago: Betting a family’s future on one income is risky, but that is precisely what a couple we’ll call Nan … more →
Personal Finance this weekend
wrote 1 year ago: Did you miss anything in this weekend’s Personal Finance section of the Financial Post? Here … more →
Pampered pets come first
wrote 1 year ago: Toronto condo dwellers Martha and Kim are overwhelmed by their investments — two dozen mutual funds, … more →
Can these real estate agents afford to migrate toward retirement?
wrote 1 year ago: In Toronto, a couple we’ll call Louis, 57, and his wife, Helena, 54, are real estate agents. In that … more →
Salary cut sparks fears
wrote 1 year ago: Not far from Toronto, a couple we’ll call Morris, 48, and Lisa, 46, and their three teenaged childre … more →
Barely making ends meet, police chief's retirement planning takes back seat
wrote 1 year ago: In a town in southern British Columbia, a man we’ll call Mark, 50, is an assistant chief of police. … more →
'Impoverished millionaire' needs to face the music
wrote 1 year ago: A retired musician who we’ll call Helga lives in British Columbia. At the age of 72, she feels poor. … more →
Mortgages: It pays to be frugal
wrote 1 year ago: It is a question on the mind of anyone who has a mortgage or is planning to take one out: “what can … more →
A kitchen reno won't hurt this retirement
wrote 1 year ago: A couple we’ll call Howard, 49, and his wife Cecily, 50, have worked together for a quarter-century … more →
Messy divorce leaves lawyer on shaky ground
wrote 1 year ago: In Ontario, a 68-year-old lawyer we’ll call Charles has a substantial six-figure income. But after a … more →
Build your portfolio according to your age
wrote 1 year ago: In the last of this Road to Retirement series: Andrew Allentuck answers a reader question on asset a … more →
Desperately seeking value
wrote 1 year ago: By Andrew Allentuck These days, making a living in bank accounts or GICs, bonds or in stocks is toug … more →
Unpredictable income makes retirement planning tricky
wrote 1 year ago: In Alberta, a high-tech sales executive we’ll call Marc, 46, has to cope with an income that yo-yos … more →
The joy of bonds
wrote 1 year ago: Bonds can do what stocks can never do for people heading into retirement or who are already retired: … more →
Living in the moment has a price
wrote 1 year ago: In Quebec, a couple we’ll call Charles, 46, and Marianne, 45, have lived a life of few financial car … more →
How much do I need?
wrote 1 year ago: In this six-part series, Andrew Allentuck answers readers’ questions about pensions and retirement p … more →
