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RRSPs and Retirement Planning IssueFebruary 2015

Managing Your Money

Be ready -- retirement requires saving

long-road-runner.jpg Recent reports suggest many Canadians are not saving enough for retirement.  And with Canadians living longer, healthier lives than ever before, your retirement income will likely need to last for twenty, thirty, or more years.
 

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Building Your Portfolio

Should I contribute to an RRSP, a TFSA,
or both? 

tie-face-crop.jpg The introduction of the tax-free savings account (TFSA) in 2009 represented the most important change to the way Canadians save money since registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) were launched in the 1950s. 
 

Investing Concept

The benefits of maximizing your RRSP

wallpaper.jpg They say you can't make up for lost time, but that's not necessarily the case with contributions to your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).  Canadians are allowed to carry forward unused RRSP contribution room until the age of 71..
 

Featured Article

It's Time to Retire Our Definition of Retirement

Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post explores how retirement is costing people more and more as we are saving less and living longer .
 

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, I hope you enjoyed this issue.  If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to get in touch.  I would be more than happy to help you, understanding there is no cost in me doing so, nor any obligation.


 Pieter J. Demeester
 Wealth and Risk Management Consultant
 Associate to Mohamad Sawwaf, Director
 Investors Group Financial Services Inc.
 416.483.7667 ext.504
 


 
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