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Two expenses stealing your early retirement dreams (that are not coffee)

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Mark | 18 Comments

Two expenses stealing your early retirement dreams (that are not coffee) In many personal finance headlines you’ll read or hear about these days, you’ll find that people (generally speaking) are not saving nearly enough for retirement. That means the prospect…

Weekend Reading – Socially Responsible Investing, calling out geoarbitrage, mortgage advice to millennials and more!

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Mark | 8 Comments

Weekend Reading – Socially Responsible Investing, calling out geoarbitrage, mortgage advice to millennials and more! Hey Readers! Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition where I share some of my favourite articles from the week that was across the personal…

Determining Your Financial Independence Number

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Mark | 16 Comments

Determining Your Financial Independence Number Passionate readers of this site have long understood I’ve never been fully convinced about the “retire early” element in the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement. I mean really, what 30- or 40-something is never…

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I’ve maxed out my TFSA and RRSP. Now what?

2010-2019: Financial reflections of the last decade

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Top dividend ETFs – get cash for life

The six phases of financial independence

Should you become a DIY investor?

I prefer Financial Independence Work On Own Terms (FIWOOT) versus FIRE

How to draw down a portfolio using Variable Percentage Withdrawal (VPW)

What are the best ETFs for my RRSP?

FIRE at 52, how to draw down what we’ve worked so hard for

The best all-in-one Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Great low-cost ETFs for the U.S. stock market

Why my goal to live off dividends remains alive and well

They want to spend $50,000 per year in retirement. Did they save enough?

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How to diversify my TFSA using ETFs

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