Six reasons to hire the disabled.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column (http://www.moneyville.ca/article/1183044--griffiths-finance-minister-jim-flaherty-could-i-have-a-word) about the difficulty my daughter, who...

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Susanna

Susanna (not her real name) recently won a contest created by publisher Simon & Schuster to promote my new book, Count on Yourself: Take Charge of Your Money.   The prize was a phone conversation with me about money.   She was thrilled and I was humbled by her eager...

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Pension splitting

There are a number of seniors and other retired folk out there who are more than a little confused about what is and isn’t allowed in the area of pension splitting.

On the surface, splitting pensions with lower income spouses seems eminently fair.   A stay-at-home spouse,...

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Saving Seniors Tax

Erica Melanson’s father worked in a bank for 32 years before retiring at age 63.  Every March he was a busy man, happily completing tax returns for five family members.

Last year Erica’s father Gil, then 86, surprised her by asking for help in finding an...

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ETF Questions

After writing about the various options when switching from a mutual fund or stock and bond portfolio into one holding Exchange Traded Funds (March 5th), I was deluged by reader’s queries.

ETFs, once called index products, are low fee investments for do-it-yourselfers and those...

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